Interview Of The Month — Kevin D. Washburn
As regular readers know, each month I interview people in the education world about whom I want to learn more. You can see read those past interviews here.
Today, I’m publishing October’s “Interview Of The Month” a few days early. Kevin D. Washburn is a researcher, author, and teacher particularly focusing on neuroscience and learning. He is the Director of Clerestory Learning (you can subscribe to their free newsletter here). He’s also a blogger andauthor.
Can you tell us what Clerestory Learning is and how you got involved in education?
I discovered my love for teaching while in high school. We had the option of serving as aides in elementary classrooms during our free periods. I spent most of these times in a kindergarten classroom, and I knew almost immediately that I loved it. My first day there, a student squeezed his plugged glue bottle so hard that it burst
My Best Posts On The Basics Of Small Groups In The Classroom
In yesterday’s post, Teens, Their Brains, & Working In Groups, I mentioned that I would be posting a “The Best…” list today sharing a few very practical and simple ideas on how to work effectively with small groups in the classroom.
This “The Best…” list is a bit different from my lengthy The Best Sites For Cooperative Learning Ideaspost. That is a much more involved list, while this post is more focused on the everyday basics of just doing a simple small group activity.
Here are my choices for My Best Posts On The Basics Of Small Groups In The Classroom: