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04 Feb 09

2¢ Worth » Are You Asking Dead Questions?

I love this idea of teaching history backwards, starting with a more recent event, and then exploring back This would allow the students some investment in the material if the topic was explored by tracing it back and following where the threads of conversation in the classroom took it.

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  • This took me back to a conversation I’d had years ago with Jim Moulton.  We concluded for the wildly gyrating logic of our discussion that we should be teaching history backwards.  We should start with today and work our way back via various topic threads, that might best be determined by the students.
25 Sep 08

No Idea: Thoughts On Teaching

A must-read post. Thanks to Jenny Luca for the link.

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11 Sep 08

Put to the Test: Confronting Concerns About Project Learning | Edutopia

"Questions abound about the inquiry-based teaching approach. Here are answers, from how to meet standards to how to keep control of the classroom."

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30 Jul 08

Teachmeet

Information on how to organize an "unconference." An intriguing idea and something I would like to see in Maine. Thanks to David Warlick for the link.

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30 May 08

Easy to Teach isn’t Easy to Learn | 2¢ Worth

a great post about learning technology by playing around with it and experimenting

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