About the Author
Sarah Fidelibus is a longtime educator with over ten years of experience in curriculum development and course implementation at the high school, college and professional levels. In addition to her work on and off campus, Sarah is a writer whose work has appeared at Poynter.org, the San Francisco Appeal and SF Public Press. In her free time, Sarah also writes the blog, San Francisco Treats--her tribute to all the best treats you can find in one of the best cities in the world. She can be reached via email at s.e.fidelibus [at] gmail [dot] com, and through all of the social media channels you see below.Connect
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Rebooting Pedagogy: Teachers, Technology and the Digital Divide
Last week I was blessed with the opportunity to teach a class as part of a summer institute for the New School‘s Institute for Urban Education (IUE). My class, Rebooting Pedagogy: Digital Tools for School Change, was one of three … Continue reading
News flash: Even with technology advancing at a rapidly growing rate, the world still needs teachers.
It’s important not to merely stick children in front of a computer, education research now shows. Instead, good teachers matter a lot — and nothing improves student performance as much as one-on-one human tutoring. Oh, hey…you mean *teachers* still matter … Continue reading
Rebooting Pedagogy: Teaching teachers to brand their work in the digital space
This week I am prepping my curriculum for teaching a week-long class as part of the New School‘s Institute for Urban Education. I will be teaching the teachers enrolled in the class how to use a variety of digital tools … Continue reading
‘The myth of the “digital native” narrative’
This is the myth of the “digital native” narrative, the notion that youth can thrive in the digital world without any adult support, mentoring, or scaffolding of rich learning experiences. While a greater diversity of young people are using digital … Continue reading
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Cool new app Historypin maps history of places through pictures
Check out this video, which quickly explains Historypin, an app that crowdsources old photos of places to allow anyone who uses the app to view a place as it appeared at different times throughout history. This is such a … Continue reading
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My Life Is True: A great new resource for increasing diversity of perspectives on radio and in the classroom
Link: My Life Is True: A great new resource for increasing diversity of perspectives on radio and in the classroom Just visited the page for “My Life Is True,” a collaboration between KQED public radio in San Francisco and folks … Continue reading
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The National Writing Project’s New Book: Because Digital Writing Matters
Link: The National Writing Project’s New Book: Because Digital Writing Matters On my summer reading list is the National Writing Project’s book, Because Digital Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Online and Multimedia Environments, which hit shelves late last year. If … Continue reading
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Nice piece from CNN about how teachers can use Twitter during class to increase participation, es
Nice piece from CNN about how teachers can use Twitter during class to increase participation, especially among shier students. I used Twitter last semester with my college freshmen and sophomores, and I plan to continue to use it going forward. … Continue reading
‘This Twitter thing does help!’: Twitter in the English Composition Classroom
This past semester, I had the students in my freshmen and sophomore English Composition classes use Twitter as our primary mode of communication. I am an enthusiastic Twitter user, and had been thinking for a long time that the tool … Continue reading
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