Posted in IB, Teaching, recruiting on Oct 24th, 2008 8 Comments »
Trying to break into a high school English department with no experience is hard work. Make that department IB, and you might as well be trying to teach a PhD course on Proust. I understand that the English department is one of the most important components of a school, as it sets the backdrop for [...]
Posted in recruiting on Oct 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
If you are an administrator and have been sent here after having looked at my résumé and reading my cover letter, please get started by reading the tabs above labeled Philosophy and Recruiting 2.0.
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Posted in Language Arts, Philosophy, Teaching, education on Oct 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
As a teacher who understands and champions the benefits of using new media, social networking, or for lack of a better word- technology in the classroom, I think I often lose sight of what it is I am actually teaching. With recruiting season fast approaching, I have found myself immersed in the painstaking task of [...]
Posted in Avatars, Community, Identity, Networking, Philosophy on Oct 10th, 2008 10 Comments »
Frozen in fear every time we appear
Im not surprised and really, why should I be?
See nothing wrong
See nothing wrong
So sick and tired of all these pictures of me
Completely wrong
Totally wrong
Go walking by
Here come another guy…
Elliot Smith
I was sitting in a closing session at Learning 2.008 with Ewan McIntosh and a group of teachers, and the [...]
