by Arwen Kuttner | Nov 19, 2012 | Student Life, The Teaching Life, Voices
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey teacher Arwen Kuttner found herself teaching second graders in the dim light of a family’s living room. After reading the children a picture book from the Pay It Forward Foundation, she asked two questions: “Is there anyone here who has had to help any one else this week?” and “Is there anyone here who has needed help and gotten it?†The answers came pouring out.
by Smadar Goldstein | Oct 14, 2012 | Creating Global Classrooms, The How of 21st Century Teaching, The Teaching Life, Voices
Online educator Smadar Goldstein introduces us to Ilana, the “fabulous” kindergarten teacher who taught each of her four children — and describes four ways she’s incorporated Ilana’s teaching methods into her own distance learning practice.
by Margaret Haviland | Oct 2, 2012 | The How of 21st Century Teaching, The Teaching Life, Voices
Over the summer, Voices blogger Margaret Haviland taught her first online high school course — a survey of US History in six and a half weeks! Margaret journaled about her experience at her personal blog. We found her account rich in useful detail. Any teacher about to embark on a first-time online teaching experience will likely find Margaret’s narrative helpful, so we’ve posted excerpts here.
by Jenny Luca | Sep 7, 2012 | Connected Leadership, Teacher Leadership 2.0, The Teaching Life, Voices
Many educators are being invited to speak at TEDx gatherings in Australia, North America and around the world. Australian teacher leader and librarian Jenny Luca thought it might be useful “to analyse the process I went through putting a talk like this together. It may help if you’re asked to do something similar.”
by Lisa Noble | Aug 17, 2012 | Making The Shift, Passion Based Learning, The How of 21st Century Teaching, The Teaching Life, Voices
A game-changing experience inside her personal learning (and knitting) network has teacher Lisa Noble thinking about how to bring the transformational potential of powerful social media events into her own classroom.
by Rachel Small | Jul 10, 2012 | Making The Shift, The Teaching Life, Voices
In the long term, being hacked by a Twitter “phish” will make me a much better teacher of safe Internet use. I’m just really sorry for the inconvenience and possible harm I might have caused due to my lack of caution.