Apr 30 2011
I just finished the book and had to report: Yes, the stories do tie in with each other and there is a resolution at the end of the book. I didn’t find it an easy read because of the amount of people locked in their own world but the writing is compelling and I’m glad [...]
Apr 29 2011
Today I was finally able to begin using the first of the computer lessons I prepared over the vacation “Use Your Senses with the Second Conditional” (The link takes you to the lesson I posted 10 days ago, explanation and download-link). From previous experience I knew that my students learn the technical side, the form [...]
Apr 25 2011
Austin Kleon wrote a brilliant piece (with great visuals!) called: HOW TO STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST (AND 9 OTHER THINGS NOBODY TOLD ME) He refers to his post as “notes on writing and drawing”. I’d like to point out how they are also notes for teaching. I’m following his post point-by-point (the points are direct [...]
Apr 23 2011
I’m about halfway through the book and can’t quite make up my mind about it. I LOVED her previous book “The History of Love” and couldn’t stop talking about it for a long time. However, this book sometimes has me engrossed while at others feeling a bit depressed. There are separate stories and in each [...]
Apr 21 2011
h Looking at this “tweet cloud” this way is not the same as looking at it online – the bubbles expand and you can read the whole word inside each bubbles (bubble sizes reflect frequency) . If you want to do that you can go Tweet Topic Explorer It was interesting to compare my blog [...]
Apr 19 2011
Since I read Ceri Jones post about using the senses to relate to a picture I couldn’t get it out of my mind. I really felt that this could be a useful tool for expanding my use of visual materials but I wasn’t sure how I wanted to experiment with it. I decided that the [...]
Apr 16 2011
We got up at 5:00 AM, arrived at 08:00, walked a really rocky (black basalt stone) path and were rewarded with the following sight (b.t.w – I thought frogs were disappearing around the world. The air was full of the sound of their croaks!):
Apr 14 2011
Tom Whitby has a very interesting post on the issue of Inclusion. This is an extremely complex issue. A look at my classroom highlights some of these complexities. Deaf and hard of hearing students at the high-school where I teach are placed in regular homerooms, but the time they actually spend learning with their hearing [...]
Apr 12 2011
Or is it just me? As part of my job as a counselor I have to address, fill (with various papers) and mail out 315 envelopes to schools around the country, according to a list of names. Some envelopes are filled with five pages, others with thirteen. I’m incredibly slow. It’s not that I’m disorganized. [...]
Apr 09 2011
I’ve only read about a third of it but seems very good so far. The book presents a rich portrait of characters and aspects of life in Cairo by telling the story of one building and its inhabitants. I must admit that I had heard about the book before and was sure the author was [...]
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