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Goal #11 … Give Students Reign

February 24th 2011

Goal #11 … Give Students Reign #30Goals As I listen to Sherry Terrell’s explanation of this goal, I am reminded of Carol Ann Tomlinson’s philosophy of (what I call) the shift in teaching. In traditional classrooms, the teacher is the “sage on the stage,” the dispenser of all knowledge. This goal challenges us to have a [...]

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Original Thought

February 12th 2011

In a recent professional learning community, I mentioned that writing blogs was difficult because I felt like I had no original thought. As a matter of fact, I am having a difficult time writing this blog. My colleague answered my dilemma, by describing her definition of original thought (and hopefully I am restating it clearly) [...]

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