Good news on two fronts: my MS/HS Principal told me that the Current Events students will most likely be allowed to have school e-mail accounts (the responsibilities of a good digital citizen will definitely be one of our first discussions!). Also, the District Superintendent has requested that I do a short BOE presentation, [...]
spoke to a few students interested in taking the Current Events class next year
requested e-mail accounts for the participants and offered to explain and/or demonstrate educational blogs to the BOE
set up a class blog, with a few questions to stimulate class discussion (if necessary, I’ll type in all the comments myself and add the students’ [...]
Today I opened a new Google Document for the Current Events course. So far it contains lesson plans and news links I’ve found online, and a few educational blog postings (Joyce Valenza, David Warlick, etc.) on related topics, like student blogging and its potential for learning.
My next task will be to set up a model [...]
Yesterday I received my tentative teaching assignments for next school year (in addition to my duties in the LMC). I am now scheduled to instruct a mixed class of high school students in current events. I don’t have any details yet, but the high school principal said this scheduling is a direct result of my [...]
