Posted in Education on Mar 17th, 2008 Comments Off
Subject: World History II ___________________________________________
Objectives: Given a blank chart, the student will be able to fill in all important people and events that lead to the Russian Revolution and the creation of the Soviet Union.
SOL: WHII.9 C
Evaluation: Completion of a chart graded with the Stafford Public Schools grading scale
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Procedures and Materials
- Class will begin […]
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Posted in 3035, 3036, 3034, 3033, 3032, 3037, 3038, 3042, 3041, 3040, 3039, 3031, 3030, , 2940, lives, the, Education, 2828, 3025, 3029, 3028, 3027, 3026, General on Jan 23rd, 2008 Comments Off
Have I said yet how glad I am that Gene Roche (”Techfoot”) is blogging again? I really should pony up some tuition dollars–reading his stuff is like being in a great seminar….
Gene’s latest post comments on a very thoughtful and timely article by a former colleague. I’ll direct you to Gene’s post for all the […]
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Posted in collared, lively afterwards, thimble full, talking, department, sparked, talk, dewey, delivered, fascinating, lucid, colloquium, keen, today, john, social, Research, Education, and, tom, mary, washington, featured, fallace, General on Nov 14th, 2007 Comments Off
Today’s Social Research Colloquium at Mary Washington featured Tom Fallace of our Education Department talking about his research on John Dewey. I know a mere thimble-full about Dewey and was keen to learn more, and Tom certainly delivered: it was a fascinating and lucid talk and sparked many ideas and questions in my mind. The […]
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Posted in conveyed, waiting, rooms, shaping, shared, commitments, born, learner centered, student centered, paint peeling, nurturing, teacher centered, opportunities, cross pollination, understand, Education, linking, reflecting, community, devoted, starts, trust, General on Jul 11th, 2007 Comments Off
Regarding Mike Caulfield’s latest thoughtful post:
On one level, I couldn’t agree more. I write this post after long silence not to refute Mike’s ideas, wonderfully expressed, deeply encouraging.
But I’m driven to respond because the matter is not simply one of awakening from a “hasa” world into the brave new “isa” world. If only it were […]
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Posted in Education, Audio & Video on Jun 12th, 2007 Comments Off
Being a veteran flyer now, I have come to know that there is a wonderful game of hurry-up-and-wait played whilst waiting for a given flight. So we do things like load up our iPods with podcasts, music, etc. to while away the hours, or in some cases, days. While waiting for my flight back home […]
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