http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:26:27 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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). To... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/curriculum-mapping---blog-61108.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00fad6908d970004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/songs-of-experienceerrhypothetical-situation-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/songs-of-experienceerrhypothetical-situation-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/songs-of-experienceerrhypothetical-situation-1.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 May 2008 17:27:54 -0700 You are a white male first-year teacher in the Mississippi Delta. You also have long hair that people, who are NOT students, have been wont to touch and tug on. Ahh, but how times change... Halfway through your first year, whilst trying to find... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/songs-of-experienceerrhypothetical-situation-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00f48cf772e00002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-the-first-years.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-the-first-years.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-the-first-years.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:59:58 -0700 As I am completing this blog at the very dregs of punctuality, it must be brief. I'll post a sequel later: Many things that I would like to say have been admirably covered by others (beware the messiah complex, etc.). I want to individually str... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-the-first-years.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00f48cf34be30003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/how-do-you-improve-the-website.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/how-do-you-improve-the-website.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/how-do-you-improve-the-website.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:24:24 -0700 I tell you what, my standards for and knowledge of the internet are really low. I'm the same way with computers in general. I still have a soft spot for Windows 3.1 because you could click on "File Manager" and have your computer's innards look ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/how-do-you-improve-the-website.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00e398efc9c70004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/the-most-exciting-blog-youll-ever-read.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Reklawnitsua) http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/the-most-exciting-blog-youll-ever-read.html?_c=feed-rss http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/the-most-exciting-blog-youll-ever-read.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:02:50 -0700 Or, the Required Ole Miss EDSE 557 Education Manifesto Response Part I: Describe how educational technology should be used to support teaching and learning [50-100 words] It appears that educational technology should exist to unburden teachers a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reklawnitsua.vox.com/library/post/the-most-exciting-blog-youll-ever-read.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143e86633c7f00f48cee35d60002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>