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Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers | edDominators.com Website Launched
The past few weeks, I’ve been working on a new project that blends together my various professional and personal passions, while helping other educators. I am an avid social media user, well-versed in topics of education (which is why I wanted to become an (education blogger), and am fortunate to possess knowledge on digital marketing [...]
Wishing You the Happiest, Merriest New Year
Wishing you the happiest, merriest New Year! http://youtu.be/jdbGOv0w0jo FAIR USE STATEMENT : This video may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in an effort to entertain. We believe this constitutes a “fair use” of any such copyrighted material [...]
Book Review: The Influence of Teachers – Follow the Leaders
Compared to past book review posts, this book review session takes a look at the second half of John Merrow’s, “The Influence of Teachers,” titled “Follow the Leaders.” As mentioned in my video recording, I elected to not review each chapter, as I do not believe I have fully gained the expertise and knowledge to [...]
Book Review: The Influence of Teachers (Chapter 8) “Who Needs Tenure? Why Seniority?”
For today’s book review, I critiqued chapter 8, “Who Needs Tenure? Why Seniority?,” from John Merrow’s latest book, “The Influence of Teachers.” To summarize, John lays a case for how the teaching profession seems to award a now-useless method of “tenure” and “seniority” to teachers. While the profession definitely needed such protections decades ago, as [...]
Book Review: The Influence of Teachers (Chapter 7) “Keeping Teachers”
For today’s book review, I critiqued chapter 7, “Keeping Teachers,” from John Merrow’s latest book, “The Influence of Teachers.” To summarize, John analyzes the current issue of “teacher dropout” or those that graduate from college/university Schools of Education, but never enter the field of education. John basically asks if this is a problem being perpetuated [...]
Book Review: The Influence of Teachers (Chapter 6) “Paying Teachers”
For today’s book review, I critiqued chapter 6, “Paying Teachers,” from John Merrow’s latest book, “The Influence of Teachers.” In summary, John introduced his readers to the concept of teacher salary schedules and the controversial notion of merit-pay programs. Despite resounding research that suggests carrot-and-stick extrinsic motivators, such as bonuses and salary stipends for performance, [...]
Book Review: The Influence of Teachers (Chapter 5)
For today’s book review, I take a look at Chapter 5, “Evaluating Teachers,” from John Merrow’s book “The Influence of Teachers.” Through this chapter, John tackles the notion of teacher evaluation and critically analyzes why data isn’t used a component of teacher evaluation? It appears as though a top-down management-style still exists within public schools, [...]
Book Review: The Influence of Teachers (Chapter 3)
Great news, I finally got my webcam, microphone, and Camtasia working in unison! Bad news, if you don’t like video reviews or vlog entries, this was a long review. So here goes another book review episode, this time for Chapter 3 of John Merrow’s “The Influences of Teachers.” To summarize, John critically analyzed the emergence [...]
My Faculty Answers the Question, “What is My Sentence?”
Today was a special day in the North Kansas City School District and for Golden Oaks Education Center–it was the first day faculty and support staff returned for the start of the 2011-12 school year. As is customary in schools across the nation, building principals and instructional coaches kick-off the school year with themed “Welcome [...]
Book Review: The Influence of Teachers by John Merrow Chapter 2 (Day 3)
Ah, I’m a little frustrated with today’s blog post…as I just finished a Camtasia recording of a PowerPoint of “The Influence of Teachers“, by John Merrow, which included significant quotations, only to find the audio corrupted. Given I have a few other things to complete tonight, I will bypass rerecording. Perhaps tomorrow I can return [...]
