Every day, students across the country open the doors to their classrooms and
see a stranger standing where their regular teacher should be. “Are you our
sub?” they demand in a less than
Every educator, from kindergarten to graduate school, should contribute to the
important and significant work of teaching students to use online sources and
social networks for educational and professional goals. To ignore the
Last year, I experienced two months that were very challenging for me as a
person and as an academic. One of my sons, who was seven, became very ill and
missed a lot
When people hear that I was once a high school English teacher and am now a
college professor, they often ask, “How is college teaching different?” They
expect I’ll say something about
When we think about K-12 and higher education, educators think of them as two
separate entities. Within K-12, we divide it further; primary, junior,
intermediate, and senior. These artificial silos create barriers to
Just over a year ago, my “learning” exploded. I was developing a hybrid Canadian
online delivery program for Chinese high school students. I was encouraged to
push the boundaries of K-12 online and
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my luckier days, I am gifted a few invisible moments at pick-up time before my
son or one of his
“For children can accomplish the renewal of existence in a hundred unfailing
ways.”
— Walter Benjamin, “Unpacking My Library
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