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Test corrections

January 29th, 2012
Posted in teaching process
By philedufy

A now-retired teacher once said “I have the kids do test corrections, because I want the last time they see a concept to be right.” The challenge is – how can we have students revisit concepts in a meaningful way? What doesn’t work is to have a student take home the test, and make corrections as [ READ MORE ]

Meteorology and Astronomy in one video clip

January 16th, 2012
Posted in tech tip
By philedufy

What follows is a fantastic compilation video, edited by Michael König (koenigm.com). It’s a time-lapse view of Earth from The International Space Station, 350km above Earth’s surface. If you got creative, you could teach a lot of meteorology and astronomy, just from the phenomenon shown here. I made an attempt of posing some questions, and posted [ READ MORE ]

Merit pay for teachers versus competitive salary

January 7th, 2012
Posted in Uncategorized
By philedufy

Imagine this conversation: Administrative team: “If you try twice as hard, we’ll pay you twice as much!” Teacher: “But… I’m CURRENTLY doing about as much I’m able!” The concept of ‘merit pay’, or awarding teachers financially for their students ‘results’ (what are we truly measuring?) is certainly a hot topic. Teachers are like jockeys (bear [ READ MORE ]

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