The Best Posts & Articles To Learn About “Fundamental Attribution Error” & Schools I had vaguely heard of the concept “fundamental attribution error” in relation to schools in the past, but then my valued Accomplished California Teachers colleague David B. Cohen wrote about it yesterday (by the way, if you are not subscribing to ...
“Fakebook” Fakebook is the newest tool over at the excellent ClassTools site (Russel Tarr is the creative genius behind the site). Teachers and students can use it to: *- chart the career of a historical character - create a timeline of important events - ...
The Best (& Easiest) Ways To Record Online Video Interviews I’ve been thinking about doing online video interviews — for this blog, and also in the classroom. For either one, it would be important to be able to record them. Obviously, Skype (learn about Skype In The Classroom here) is an obvious choice. ...
The Best Online Virtual “Corkboards” (or “Bulletin Boards”) Wallwisher was the first online application that let you easily place virtual post-it notes on a virtual corkboard or bulletin board, and allow you to post text, images, and/or videos on them. This kinds of apps have many uses. I particularly like ...
Today’s Collection Of Useful School Reform Posts & Articles Here is a “round-up” of the latest useful school reform posts and articles: Choice schools not outperforming MPS is the headline of a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning Why School Vouchers Are A Bad ...
Formative Assessment Resources Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Formative Assessment: How to Look at Multiple-Choice Assessments Formatively by Heather Wolpert-Gawron at Edutopia. One Test to Rule Them All is by Jason Buell.
Three Good Questions For Teachers To Ask Themselves (& Answer Them Here If You Feel Like It) We ninth-grade English teachers had another great day of professional development with our school’s instructional consultant, Kelly Young at Pebble Creek Labs. He started off the day asking us three questions: *What have you gotten better at this ...
Memidex Is A Great Dictionary…And More! Memidex is a very impressive dictionary, and a lot more. Jim Burke just shared it on Twitter. It tells you just about anything you want about a word. I particularly like its word origins. I don’t think it’s particularly useful for English Language ...
