Teachers Lounge Vox 2008-06-16T00:31:42Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e4d9485be2b/ c'mon in - the coffee's on. Saturday morning comprehension fun! tag:vox.com,2008-06-14:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fad69133c10004 2008-06-14T03:26:02Z 2008-06-16T00:31:42Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Gold Apple - huge resolution! The Shape Game V+m.jpg The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)

Wouldn't you just hate to have a frustrated English teacher for a parent at age 9? My daughter has been having a bit of trouble with comprehension tests at school lately (probably because she is not terribly keen on reading) so this morning I got...

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]]> UCL on iTunes tag:vox.com,2008-06-08:asset-6a00d4141b9517685e00fad68e98f00005 2008-06-08T10:03:16Z 2008-06-08T10:03:16Z osde8info http://osde-info.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0806/08060301 UCL has taken a leading step forward in opening up its educational impact to the world. It has today launched its platform on iTunes U through which users can download lectures, interviews, s...

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]]> another year tag:vox.com,2008-05-26:asset-6a00f48cfa6259000100fad68a68c80005 2008-05-26T01:11:32Z 2008-05-31T23:15:59Z KatharineGrate http://katharinegrate.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

15 messy Friday morning P5230247

The end of this school year is in three weeks, so of course I've been panicking about all things not yet done and how much the children haven't learned and how much paperwork I have to do and how many IEP, SST, and COST meetings are coming up. (...

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]]> my career is saved tag:vox.com,2008-05-17:asset-6a00f48cfa6259000100fa9675b1600002 2008-05-17T19:45:34Z 2008-05-23T14:46:53Z KatharineGrate http://katharinegrate.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

good until 2013

I thought you might be interested in seeing my teaching certificate. My "Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential". I have to renew it every five years and just did, so it's nice and fresh. It used to be that teachers got a lifetime certific...

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]]> On the subject of Anthony Browne ... tag:vox.com,2008-05-20:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fae8bb100e000b 2008-05-20T07:18:06Z 2008-05-20T11:01:50Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Hansel and gretel

this is for Flamingo Dancer: I love Anthony Browne's books. They are great for teaching visual literacy skills to high school students (visual texts included on the high school English syllabus here) and my own kids love them too. You can jus...

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]]> Teaching tag:vox.com,2008-05-15:asset-6a00c225211933604a00fa96751ef80002 2008-05-15T22:15:06Z 2008-05-16T04:17:20Z Roemer http://roemer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Teachering

“Sir, why did you become a teacher?” one of my students asked and I stopped what I was doing for a moment to think about it. How did I become a teacher? It seems I fell into it over the course of time. Ever since I was a kid I have enjoyed expla...

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]]> Hey, teachers... read this! tag:vox.com,2008-05-13:asset-6a00d414230c6a3c7f00f48cf787610002 2008-05-13T06:48:52Z 2008-05-13T07:19:08Z mfn http://mfn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Something that I received from my lecturer... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- to all teachers..... How m...

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]]> EdPod tag:vox.com,2008-05-13:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500f48d163e960001 2008-05-13T05:33:18Z 2008-05-13T05:33:18Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

EdPod

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]]> "Soft bigotry of low expectations" tag:vox.com,2008-05-07:asset-6a00d41436a8f53c7f00e398f7614a0004 2008-05-07T19:39:57Z 2008-05-08T04:39:31Z Lady Readsalot http://summerintheville.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bubble sheet Life is messy

So I'm sitting here crocheting a scarf for my friend Sylvester Obafunwa. It is gold and black, the colors of his ethnic fraternity. He is one of the most polite and chivalrous young men I have ever met. He immigrated here from Nigeria as an adoles...

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]]> Phony Houstonian visits tag:vox.com,2008-04-15:asset-6a00d41436a8f53c7f00f48ceec0630003 2008-04-15T13:43:11Z 2008-04-15T13:43:11Z Lady Readsalot http://summerintheville.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Please mess with texas

My friend Kerri is student teaching in Houston this semester. Every week she writes an editorial for her hometown newspaper in Spalding, Nebraska. This is the latest edition. Dear Nebraska, You've made Texas jealous for six seasons. You w...

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