Visualising Ideas

     It is THAT time of year again and I feel as conflicted as ever. The high-school where I work has a policy that student-like behavior is worth 20% of the semester’s grade. The policy is that the goal of the school is education in the broad sense and a student should be rewarded (or [...]

What a fascinating book! The writer moves between the innermost feelings of people, to the wide open space of the desert in Kazakhstan, to outer space! And through all of this runs the issue of people trying to maintain their dignity under the repressive Soviet regime. I recommend!

Photo by Roni Epstein Remember the 10th grade girl that CAME TO ME three weeks ago to discuss the fact that she hasn’t been doing any homework? Well if you expect to hear that everything has been “hunky dory” since that conversation then you are reading the wrong blog… The progress report, up to a [...]

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m reading David Lloyd’s ebook on the computer but a different book before going to bed at night. I was planning to write about that book today. But I have decided to stop reading Zeruya Shalev’s Book “The Remainder of Life”. Her writing is polished and fluid but [...]

                                                                                                             Photo by Omri Epstein Yesterday I gave a talk to 37 itinerant teachers. Most of the time these teachers work alone. The travel from school to school, tutoring hard of hearing or deaf children who study in regular schools. They are expected to be able to teach all subjects, whatever is needed (elementary or [...]

We went to the Israel Museum (in Jerusalem) today and saw a WONDERFUL triptych video projection called “Going Places While Sitting Down” by Hiraki Sawa. Although you don’t actually see the child, there is a child there imagining a whole host of wonderful things he/ she sees while travelling a magical land on the rocking [...]

Photo by Omri Epstein I really enjoyed Robyn Jackson’s practical approach to teaching as presented in her book “Never Work Harder than Your Students”. So now that I’ve just read her piece titled “Case Study – The Stop Doing List”, I find myself wondering if I could do that. It sounds like the right thing [...]

As I Died Laughing is an E-book. As a rule, I don’t care what format a book is in- I’m interested in the content. However, since I don’t own an electronic reader I have ignored E-books till now. It isn’t comfortable to read them on Adobe Reader. Particulary as I spend enough time working on [...]

     Epstein Family Photos   I was reminded of the topic of utilizing nonsense words when reading Tyson Seburnt’s excellent post Comprehension is often not what it appears . In his post he uses nonsense words to show students that copying from a text doesn’t mean you comprehend the text. He even offers a ready [...]