Archive for December, 2007

Brooklyn Firm Offers Up Free Online Lesson Plans for Teachers

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 Posted in Education, Links and Resources | No Comments »

I haven't checked this site out personally yet, but I intend to when I get back from running errands. In the mean time, here's an excerpt from article in today's ... Read more..

iTeach and iLearn

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 Posted in Education, Links and Resources | No Comments »

Over the summer, I took a few professional development courses with the New York City Department of Education's iTeach/iLearn program. Each training course introduced a unit of study that integrated ... Read more..

Happiness

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 Posted in Links and Resources | No Comments »

This is one of my favorite Malcolm Gladwell talks. Your assignment this winter break is to figure out how this lecture relates to differentiation of instruction. Read more..

Vygotsky and Inclusion

Monday, December 24th, 2007 Posted in Education | No Comments »

Many of New York City's public schools are making the move from self-contained classrooms to collaborative team teaching classrooms. Scholars, however, argue over the inclusion's effectiveness. The article will define ... Read more..

Behavior Advisor

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 Posted in Education | No Comments »

During my first year as a teacher, I took a Classroom Management class at Hunter College. The class was taught by Dr. Thomas McIntyre – better known as "Dr. Mac." ... Read more..

Federal Data and Statistics

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 Posted in Education | No Comments »

This is another resource that dovetails nicely with my last post. FedStats is a collection of data and statistics from over 100 government agencies including: National Center for Education Evaluation ... Read more..

Projections of Education Statistics to 2016

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 Posted in Education | No Comments »

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008060.pdf Source: National Center for Education Statistics This edition of Projections of Education Statistics provides projections for key education statistics, including enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and ... Read more..

Google Documents

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 Posted in Education | 1 Comment »

In an age where Microsoft Office may seem ubiquitous, there are other options. Who cares? Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint work just fine. OpenOffice is great, but is a bit ... Read more..

Free Rice

Thursday, December 20th, 2007 Posted in Education | No Comments »

FreeRice is a program run by the United Nations World Food Program and sponsored by pay-per-click advertising. FreeRice is a web-based vocabulary game. A word is shown and you select ... Read more..

The Myth of Precociousness

Monday, December 17th, 2007 Posted in Education | No Comments »

Word on the street is that Malcolm Gladwell is putting his finishing touches on his third book – the sequel to Blink and The Tipping Point. Gladwell's recent talks have ... Read more..