October 2006
Teacher Magazine, Vol. 18, Issue 02
Education
Letter to the Editor
Poll-Axed
The choices given on your recent poll about what Internet tools teachers use for instruction [Web-only reader poll, August 23-30, 2006] left out important choices: Webquests, Internet scavenger hunts, research, etc. The only choices your poll gave were “Wikis,” “Blogs,” “Podcasts,” and “None.”
Education
Letter to the Editor
Lead On
Your recognition that teacher-leaders are key to continuous improvement and reform in education [“Starting Over,” August/September 2006] made my day! Having worked with development of teacher-leaders since the early 1990s, I am amazed by the impact teachers can have in their own schools and districts when they truly begin to believe in themselves as leaders and gain knowledge and leadership competencies.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Time to Chat
It’s really nice that the editors of Teacher Magazine are willing to talk to interested parties and subscribers [“The New Teacher Magazine” online chat, September 6]. Perhaps next time we could get a little more lead time? This opportunity came less than 12 hours after it was posted.
Recruitment & Retention
Home Is Where the Money Is
How some districts are helping their employees afford housing.
Classroom Technology
Painless Professional Development
For great professional development, tap your colleagues.
International
Opinion
Asian Studies
In Japan, an American educator learns the meaning of responsibility.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Opinion
What We’re Here For
Why searching the Web demands an educational guide.
Education
Opinion
Building Engaged Schools
In this book, Gary Gordon, vice president and practice leader of The Gallup Organization’s education division, attempts to explain why schools haven't improved despite reform efforts.
Education
Opinion
Making Art Together
Students don’t have to paint like Da Vinci to make worthwhile art, and teachers who have never picked up a paintbrush can still use collaborative art projects to enrich their teaching and the world at large.
Education
Opinion
Man Overboard
When Ric Klass closed his private equity firm in affluent Greenwich, Connecticut, to become a math teacher at an unnamed New York City school he refers to as Central Bronx High, he wanted to live the whole movie—the one in which an idealistic teacher triumphs over the odds to transform the dead-end lives of inner city kids.
Ed-Tech Policy
Kindergarten 2.0
The hotbed of technological invention that is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab is also proving to be a fertile incubator of educator imagination.
Education
Ask the Mentor
Dan McDowell on Technology
An award-winning edu-tech expert answers reader questions.
Reading & Literacy
Opinion
Computer-Assisted Classes—Elementary
"As we learn, we grow.” Someone wise once told me that, and it’s the best way to describe our Ebooking project at Lopez Elementary.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Opinion
Computer-Assisted Classes—Middle Grades
A list of the 10 best ways to use the Internet.
Reading & Literacy
Opinion
Computer-Assisted Classes—High School
A jigsaw puzzle of strategies has contributed to improved student performance at our school, with technology being one of the largest factors.
Curriculum
A Lesson Earned
Former teacher and global wanderer Paul Edelman never found the path to professional happiness. So he created his own: a Web site for educators to buy and sell their course materials online.
Education
Tech for America
If there were any lingering doubts that the Information Age is upon us, a quick look through the pages of this Technology Issue will crunch them into silicon dust.
IT Infrastructure & Management
The Blogvangelist
Will Richardson, a high school English teacher turned edu-tech consultant, wants to share the good news about blogs, wikis, and podcasts. They could, he believes, change your life.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Do-It-Yourself Web
Communicating, planning, and organizing via the Web.
Special Education
Enlightened Play
A board game seeks to stoke student empathy for people with disabilities.
