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Is “everything we know about education” actually “wrong”?

Today, The Atlantic ran a blog post proclaiming, “Everything You Know About Education Is Wrong.” It’s such a sexy title–I’m wrong about everything I thought I knew about education? Oh, do tell! Perhaps teachers do not matter? Or maybe we … Continue reading

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Last week I taught a class for the New School’s Institute for Urban Education summer institute program. The class, called Rebooting Pedagogy: Digital Tools for School Change, provided hands-on instruction for teachers to learn how to use social media and … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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