My Thanks To … My thanks go to Maggie Leber (twitter: MaggieL) for prompting this post, and to Michael Fawcett (twitter: teachernz) and Michael Jozefowicz (twitter: ToughLoveforX) for previously providing me with a lot of background that has gone into this post. Background Regular readers will already know that I teach students with levels ranging [...]
Entries from 30 August 2010
The Ditching of Plans
24 August 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
My Thanks To … My thanks go to Michael Josefowicz (twitter: ToughLoveforX) for prompting this post. Background Michael posted a piece titled “#ebdish Notice. Focus. Mull. Engage. Learning and Teaching” at http://sellingprint.blogspot.com/2010/08/ebdish-notice-focus-mull-engage.html. It looks at the classroom “learning cycle”. Michael invited me to have a look at it, and if I was so minded to [...]
Presenting at the Reform Symposium
3 August 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
A Presenter’s Tale It was my pleasure to present at the recent Reform Symposium. This was my first presentation at a virtual conference: all my previous offerings were at physical conferences, standing at a podium in a room with a seated audience. I like to have my presentations properly prepared well in advance of the [...]
