Monthly Archives: August 2011
Can We Re-Purpose Punishment?
| August 24, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Observations, Thoughts |
I began thinking about punishment when I was notified yesterday that one of my students would need some work to do as he served in school suspension for two days. I quickly grabbed an article, wrote down some questions and prompts for him and walked down to the ISS room. I’m assuming most ISS rooms… more
Changing My Perspective
| August 19, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Thoughts |
Our internet was out at school today (it’s okay, it came back on around lunchtime) and it gave me a chance to slow down a little bit during my plan period to re-arrange my thoughts and take a few deep breaths. I met Jeff Utecht at a conference last March and at his workshop, he… more
Student Blogs: What I Learned
| August 17, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Technology |
Today I finally had the chance to get my students their blogs. After weeks of trial and error getting the site to work and email after email with IT people to allow my blog through the network, they were finally ready to go today. A little about my blogs. I had decided from the start… more
Diane Rehm on Education Reform
| August 16, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Thoughts |
Today during my plan period I happened to see a tweet from @ThalesDream about today’s Diane Rehm Show being focused on charter schools and education reform. I like the show and I feel like most of the time, it is balanced and includes many experts and good commentary. Not today. I was (I hope) one of… more
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