Interaction!

Class today was great. 🙂 Thoughtful debate about face-to-face and computer-mediated communication (F2F, CMC) ~ are they both, equally, “interpersonal communication”? We’ll tease this out a bit through our use of the class weblog: how will it compare to the interactions we have in class?
We only got through a small portion of what I’d planned, but the time … Read more...

no surprise

None of my friends with disabilities will be surprised at this story in the NYTimes: School Achievement Reports Often Exclude the Disabled.
“Federal officials have acknowledged permitting a growing number of states to exclude many special education students from reports on school progress, on the grounds that they account for only a small portion of enrollment.”
Kinda makes one … Read more...

Teaching Foundations of Education with

Teaching Foundations of Education with [the FP] this semester gives me the opportunity to review and critique my own philosophy and style of teaching. I’ve been quite influenced by group relations theory and its emphasis upon authority relations: this has led me to pay particular attention to structure and boundaries, and to think about the roles and task(s) inherent in … Read more...