Its Not the Technology, Stupid! Response to NYT “Twitter Trap” | HASTAC

The industrial age worked hard to separate “work” from “home.”  Everything about the common or public schools started in the mid-nineteenth century reinforced that division:  from the school bell ringing for each child at the same time of day, of each child entering school at age 6 whether they were ready or not, about sitting…

WordPress duplicate images driving me crazy

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Teaching with iPads: Motivation, Inspiration and Alienation in the Appleverse

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Making Writing Socially Engaging: Asking Why New Media Draws Us In

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“Scary Things”: An Address to the Class of 2011 — The Goreletter — Michael Arnzen

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Another Nerdy Lord of the Rings Post

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Helping students engage with challenging texts

Based on the constructivist theory of learning suggesting that students make sense of new information by joining it with information they already have, his guidelines suggest that students begin with a quick pre-read, in which they underline words they don’t know but don’t stop reading until they reach the end. They then would follow up…