Turkey Crossing

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Turkey Crossing

Ch-ch-ch-changes....and my lack of power.

I am ready to think about changing the education of children beyond my four walls. What caused...

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My Kid's first days with wiki's and blogs...

This is the first year I started all 100 kids on blogs and wiki's at the same time during the...

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Convincing the parents that 2.0 is the way to go!

I had a meeting during the first week of school to introduce the parents on our team to blogs,...

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First Day of School

The first day of school is a special day for teachers and students. It sets the tone for the...

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"Three Questions"

Today I had tears in my eyes. Wallingford, CT's teacher of the year, Karen Ripa, gave a short...

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How do you get a lesson to stick?

How do you get a lesson to stick? I recently read Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. It...

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Give your kids a break!

My brain froze last week while reading a book. I needed a break. I just could not read anymore....

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Voice Recognition Software

My fingers are not touching keyboard. I am writing this using the voice recognition software...

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Why ha-ha leads to Ah-ha

(INTRO FIXED) What is the most underrated tool in a teacher's repertoire? Humor! It might be...

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Welcome two guests!

I gave my recorder to two teachers who carpool together and had them answer one question. What I...

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Why does lecturing sometimes work?

Lectures can be very effective...so what do you think about that. At least some can...well at...

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Does anyone have the directions for giving directions?

Do we give kids too many directions? Every year I get a class of kids who seemingly cannot...

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Connecticut's BEST

Second year teachers in Connecticut have to pass in a portfolio of a unit they prepared. These...

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I need your help!!!

If you had one hour to convince your school district to allow you to use Classroom 2.0 tools what...

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Will more connections outside of the classroom lead to fewer connections inside the classroom?

In my push to utilize all the classroom 2.0 tools everyday and connect with every part of the...

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Parent Conferences 2.0 -- Using wikis and Flashmeeting

Do you think it would be be a good idea to offer parents the chance to have a conference with...

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Daddy I peed! or... What words do you not want to hear while teaching?

Daddy I peed! Those were the words that inspired this podcast at 2:00 am in a tent on Cape Cod...

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Do you listen to your kids?

Students evaluating teachers...sounds scary doesn't it. It can be for many teachers. What if we...

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What would be the one thing you would not change about schools? Student Responses.

Ahhhh...it's over. One more school year ended today. After baking in the 95 degree heat up in...

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If you could change one thing about schools....student responses.

Recently I responded to one of Kevin Honneycutt's Driving Questions podcast questions "What is...

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