Part of the series: The 30 Goals Challenge The first time I read through Shelly’s list of thirty challenges I was ticking off the ones I’d already accomplished. Great. Then I took another swing through and looked at the ones I’ve yet to accomplish. That list looked familiar. And large. And scary. And then I [...]
Archives for June, 2010
Challenging Myself In So Many Ways by Deven Black
From Butterflies to Wings by Janet Bianchini #30Goals
Part of the series: The 30 Goals Challenge, Goal 9: Be a Guest Blogger Image courtesy of Photobucket butterfly pictures So many butterflies were fluttering around frantically in my stomach when I did my first guest post last year. As a relatively newbie blogger, I was so nervous, I couldn’t sleep the night before. It [...]
Why it Makes Sense to Teach the World Cup
Part of the Cool Sites series As an English language teacher I love opportunities to teach culturally responsive lessons (CRT), a type of curriculum that celebrates and responds to various cultural issues through student-centered instruction. In a previous post, Do Our Students Realize They Live in the World, I explain why all students need to [...]
Reflections on the Howard Rheingold Live Chat
This past Wednesday, June 16, Howard Rheingold spoke to members of the Educator’s PLN ning and Edchat about effective ways to teach critical thinking. Howard participated in this live Elluminate chat in order to have educators help contribute to his upcoming ISTE presentation. He is the author of Tools for Thought, The Virtual Community and [...]



