I had the chance to attend a small group workshop with Kylene Beers and Bob Probst this week where we dug more deeply into their approach known… Read more “Reconsidering the Signposts”
Tag: pedagogy
Theirs are the voices I want to hear
I have a student who is known by many as a kid who cuts class, wanders the hallways and uses the school iPad to watch movies or… Read more “Theirs are the voices I want to hear”
Thinking about Accountability in Independent Reading
When we first launched our Reading & Discourse class, we knew we wanted our students to have total control over what they chose to read. We also… Read more “Thinking about Accountability in Independent Reading”
Personalized Learning Should Not be Anti-Social
For years, education experts have debated the merits of self-directed, online learning versus traditional teacher-led classrooms. Proponents argue that programs like Summit provide children, especially those in… Read more “Personalized Learning Should Not be Anti-Social”
Dialogic Learning for Teachers
Many of us are familiar with what a constructivist, even dialogic approach to learning can do for students, but how many of us apply that to our… Read more “Dialogic Learning for Teachers”
#TeacherInspo: Nancy Atwell
The red annotation is mine. When we teach lessons on reading, while we might model certain things readers do, we are clear that it’s about teaching them… Read more “#TeacherInspo: Nancy Atwell”
