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From the Trenches: StudyWikis: Hard-Earned Lessons
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Nearly 30 years of teaching. Here are some reflections and explanations. Okay, I admit: I rushed into the Wiki business perhaps a little late for the rush of –pedia followers and a little early for my technical skills. Nevertheless, techno-literacy aside, I’ve learned a few things about my classroom forays into Wiki-work, and I thought I would post them here for the unwary. Online forums cleared my teaching space for . . . teaching. They could add our notes and discussions on novels, on writing technique...
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From the Trenches: Student Blogs as Published Work: I - Accountability
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Nearly 30 years of teaching. Here are some reflections and explanations. Student Blogs as Published Work: I - Accountability. I know, another teacher writing about student blogs? It’s true that edtech folks have been praising the power of blogs for students for several years, Michael Drennan’s excellent work. And Susan Davis’s justifications. Not least among them. Many colleges now require their students to keep blogs of their coursework or experiences. And have so for years. So why write more? As blogs ...
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From the Trenches: 2007.07
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Nearly 30 years of teaching. Here are some reflections and explanations. To Our Contract Negotiators:. The impasse between the Royal Oak Educational Association and the school district has gone on long enough. One of the most recent splits in more than seventeen months of negotiations centers around the issue of class size. I propose, with appropriate modesty, that the teachers union counter the district proposal with a new class size limit for all classes of 50 students. I end assured that readers will ...
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From the Trenches: To Our Contract Negotiators:
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Nearly 30 years of teaching. Here are some reflections and explanations. To Our Contract Negotiators:. The impasse between the Royal Oak Educational Association and the school district has gone on long enough. One of the most recent splits in more than seventeen months of negotiations centers around the issue of class size. I propose, with appropriate modesty, that the teachers union counter the district proposal with a new class size limit for all classes of 50 students. I end assured that readers will ...
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From the Trenches: 2011.10
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Nearly 30 years of teaching. Here are some reflections and explanations. Okay, I admit: I rushed into the Wiki business perhaps a little late for the rush of –pedia followers and a little early for my technical skills. Nevertheless, techno-literacy aside, I’ve learned a few things about my classroom forays into Wiki-work, and I thought I would post them here for the unwary. Online forums cleared my teaching space for . . . teaching. They could add our notes and discussions on novels, on writing technique...
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From the Trenches: 2014.07
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Nearly 30 years of teaching. Here are some reflections and explanations. Student Blogs as Published Work: I - Accountability. I know, another teacher writing about student blogs? It’s true that edtech folks have been praising the power of blogs for students for several years, Michael Drennan’s excellent work. And Susan Davis’s justifications. Not least among them. Many colleges now require their students to keep blogs of their coursework or experiences. And have so for years. So why write more? As blogs ...
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From the Trenches: So Long Ago, But Still True
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Nearly 30 years of teaching. Here are some reflections and explanations. So Long Ago, But Still True. Statement to Representatives of the Michigan State Board of Education. Presented at Public Hearing. Oakland Community College, Royal Oak Campus. November 17, 1994. I would like to thank the state for this opportunity to speak for five minutes on how it will mandate change in my life. And what happens to those who feel excluded? Thank you for granting me these seven. Steven R. Chisnell. My primary blog pa...
