http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/posts/2008/page/1/ en Vox Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:48:06 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/first-day-first-and-second-year.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/first-day-first-and-second-year.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/first-day-first-and-second-year.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:48:06 -0700 I hate to say it, but I can't remember much about Day I of Year I. I don't consider myself one to repress memories, but I cannot tell you what happened. However, since this is a required blog, I'll have to give it another go. If there was any d... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/first-day-first-and-second-year.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fa969127d30002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-the-first-years-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-the-first-years-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-the-first-years-1.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:45:36 -0700 It's an accomplishment to have gotten this far. It really is. But as Jon Z. says, "It'll only get harder." With that in mind, I want to take the road less traveled in order to give you some advice: ----- So the first week was tough. You're... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-the-first-years-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fa96905faa0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/voluntary-post.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/voluntary-post.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/voluntary-post.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:43:39 -0700 One Conversation: 1. -Well, I was in a relationship with a boy, but I think he was gay. -When did you figure this out? -During the aftermath. -The aftermath? After you had sex with him? -No. We didn't have sex. -Without sex, there is no after... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/voluntary-post.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fae8cb85af000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/hopefully-the-last-damn-first-year-reflection-blog-i-have-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/hopefully-the-last-damn-first-year-reflection-blog-i-have-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/hopefully-the-last-damn-first-year-reflection-blog-i-have-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:59:46 -0700 One Success and One Failure Story from the First Year I am so oversaturated with reflection requests that it is now impossible for me--without some external and unrelated stimulus--to once again dredge up last years' memories. I read a Eudora We... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/hopefully-the-last-damn-first-year-reflection-blog-i-have-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fad6965f880004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/another-assigned-summer-school-blog.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/another-assigned-summer-school-blog.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/another-assigned-summer-school-blog.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:26:27 -0700 Evaluating My Performance During the Year: 1. Select a "learning goal" where the students were successful. Tell why: Participles. By the end of the year most of them could identify participles and participial phrases. Why? Because I labored ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/another-assigned-summer-school-blog.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fad6941e980005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/mtc-blog-coaching.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/mtc-blog-coaching.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/mtc-blog-coaching.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:30:43 -0700 1. Describe Yourself as an Instructional Coach As a coach, I like to look for little mistakes that may escape detection but will become important later on. For instance: when teachers do not verbally specify their plans for the day or their exp... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/mtc-blog-coaching.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fad693ecdb0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/assessment.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/assessment.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/assessment.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:24:56 -0700 This year I gave only my own self-made tests. I do not like multiple-choice English tests: I do not see English's primary purpose--to teach one to analyze, interpret, and express oneself competently--well served by having students choose among so... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/assessment.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fad691b9160005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/a-coon-huntin-story.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/a-coon-huntin-story.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/a-coon-huntin-story.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:53:25 -0700 “My friend John Eubanks was a great American. He always said, ‘Give everything a sporting chance. When you go coon huntin’, either take a cross cut saw with you so that you can cut down the tree the coon is in, or climb up the tree and punch him... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/a-coon-huntin-story.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fa968029650003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/classroom-management-blog.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/classroom-management-blog.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/classroom-management-blog.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:45:46 -0700 My first classroom management plan was nonsense. It had little association with how my class would (or could) actually be taught. In the powerpoint detailing my first discipline plan can be found a solicitation of student recommendations for aut... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/classroom-management-blog.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fad6904aca0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/curriculum-mapping---blog-61108.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/curriculum-mapping---blog-61108.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/curriculum-mapping---blog-61108.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:06:08 -0700 To tell you the truth, I have nothing to say about curriculum maps. To say that they help is obvious: Karl already hit on the fallacy of strictly fly-by-night teaching (which stands in contrast to my style, which I call fly-by-early-morning). 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