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Online Education Blog – LetGoLearn.comFriday, March 14, 2008The End of Print as We Know It?As far as reading goes, while I still read books, I now spend copious amounts of time reading material on the Internet - much more than I do reading from the pages of reference books or magazines. It's amazing to me that in fewer than a dozen years of my life, my experience of text has changed so drastically that now much of it happens electronically.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 10:16 AM. Filed under: Reading • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • Friday, February 15, 2008Resolution for the Year of the RatLet us hold on to our promises to kids – for California, to really make this the “Year of Education,” for the U.K. to encourage others to make this the “National Year of Reading” – and stop for a moment and make a resolution to see education as something beyond the books, classroom lessons, and homework assignments – to see the face of real children whose lives affect us and are affected by us. Let’s make this year, perhaps this era, one for the prosperity of our children and youth.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 08:35 PM. Filed under: Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • Monday, February 04, 2008Freedom WritersAs I see it, when kids truly want to learn something - especially from curricula that encourage them to deal with real life issues like race and violence, while helping them develop strong enough literacy skills to make it to college - we do them more of a disservice by not allowing them to explore those materials.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 12:57 PM. Filed under: Reading • Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • Friday, January 25, 2008Should Reading Be So Hard?With the drudgery of some reading programs which employ rote tasks that aren't applicable to authentic and meaningful textual experiences, I fear that we make reading much harder for kids than it should be...Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 10:25 AM. Filed under: Reading • Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Tuesday, January 08, 2008It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a….Reading Teacher?!According to a New York Times article, "Superman Finds New Fans Among Reading Instructors," the Maryland State Department of Education is planning on expanding a literacy program which employs comic books as part of its curriculum after seeing positive results in a pilot program...Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 09:21 AM. Filed under: Reading • Instruction • Teachers • Home School • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • (2) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Wednesday, December 26, 2007Don’t Look a Gift-Horse in the Mouth! The Dilemma of the ‘Gifted.When there isn't an attempt to explore and capitalize on what makes children unique, "gifted" or otherwise, all children are left behind.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 09:50 AM. Filed under: Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • (1) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Monday, December 10, 2007U.S. Flatlines on PISAThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development recently released the results of its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 12:21 PM. Filed under: Assessments • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Tuesday, December 04, 2007Are Influential Teachers Becoming Extinct?According to figures released by the United Federation of Teachers in New York City, teacher resignations have increased steadily since 2001.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 02:25 PM. Filed under: Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • (2) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Thursday, November 22, 2007The Myth of Bad Behavior and “Model” StudentsAccording to a New York Times article, "Bad Behavior Does Not Doom Pupils, Studies Say," research from two separate studies indicates that our fears that children with poor behavior will not succeed in the upper grades are exaggerated.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 10:08 AM. Filed under: Instruction • Teachers • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Friday, November 16, 2007Pinky PromisesIn the spirit of the upcoming holidays, forget for a moment about tests, NCLB, and what our kids can't do; instead, think about what your kids are capable of doing, what they're really thinking about the things we throw at them, and the various blessings they offer you.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 05:35 AM. Filed under: Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
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