Post 8

How can you help students find purpose for what you are having them read?

Post 7

Define diversity. Then explain how your definition will shape your instruction in the future.

Post 6

Discuss the idea of assessment of instruction versus assessment for instruction. What's the difference? Why should we use it?

Post 5

A successful meteorologist uses more than just a barometer to predict weather changes in conditions to accurately forecast weather for his viewers. In addition to a barometer, he utilizes Doplar Radar as well as satellite data and an anemometer to measure the wind speed - all in conjunction to be as accurate as possible in his forecasts.

post 4

What ideas in education are worth keeping, and which ones ought to be thrown out?

Post 3

As teachers, we are held accountable for reaching and teaching all children, regardless of the myriad of factors that influence their academic success or failure. We, and no one else, are held accountable for raising test scores in classes whose sizes we can’t control, in schools that are falling apart, without enough books or computers and too often without the support of families.

Discussion 2

Think about your own self efficacy as a learner. In which subject, if any, in your academic background have you judged yourself unable to succeed? How has low self-efficacy effected your academic performance? How does self efficacy effect your students reading?