Imagine if we could live as Jesus did: no job, walking from town-to-town talking philosophy, regular use of magic to help the sick, long boozy dinners with the women of the night, a good crew with only one sketchy guy, and frequent retreats to the wilderness.
Lowell George died 43 years ago today. I obviously never saw him live, but between his work with Little Feat, John Cale, Robert Palmer and others, there's few artists I listen to more. Was happy to tell some of his wild story in Oxford American last year. https://t.co/yKhNPAsRzq
1/25 More Thoughts on Schools, or How We Might have Blown it Again. Apologies to many who want to rush back, for understandable reasons, despite potentially horrific cost of doing so. This is NOT just about children getting infected. It's about the entire country. (more)
JFK described the path of civilization as a race between catastrophe and education. For many, middle school is a divergent spot in that path. I relish the opportunity to stand at that fork and nudge kids in the right direction. #CSUSMMiddleLevel27
While I might disallow or limit references to Wikipedia pages in student research papers, I believe it has a place in schools as an informational tool and should not be banned by districts. #CSUSMMiddleLevel27
Teaching students to be skeptical but not dismissive of the media means teaching them to understand how to analyze sources, corroborate stories using multiple sources. These teachable skills are needed for feasible discourse. #CSUSMMiddleLevel27
A differentiated approach to interventions makes sense in that students have different needs depending on whether they struggle with comprehension, fluency, or decoding. #CSUSMMiddleLevel27#matchinginterventionstoreadingneeds
Anyone using @padlet in 6th or 7th grade History class besides for unit review? How about some kind of group project idea? Seeing a lot of good examples for literature, science, research projects. #CSUSMMiddleLevel27
Finding ways to utilize technologies that change the scope or dynamics of a project can take teaching to another level, make learning more interesting/fun. #CSUSMMiddleLevel27
Instead of just moving curriculum onto the web, more useful to utilize technology in ways that leverage what makes it a better resource than by hand, in person. #CSUSMMiddleLevel27#writingbehindeverydoor8
I love stories with perspectives that are not normally heard in lit. Makes me excited about trying student re-storytelling: change POV, format, time/place, the ending, what happens next, write self/family/friends into the story. #CSUSMMiddleLevel27