OFF: New Design, Marginally

February 5, 2008 in Reading Response
Tags: feed, feedburner, full-text, metapost, off-topic, redesign

I’ve finally got the site looking how I want it. Also, starting tomorrow, I’ll get my feed going full-text. Not that I’m going to remove all the <!–more–> tags from all the previous posts. I’ll just stop using it, starting tomorrow.
Once I get hosting all figured out, I’ll be back to my preferred layout with [...]

Let Them Be Bored

February 5, 2008 in Personal Reflection, Reforms in Education
Tags: activities, boredom, classroom, pedagogy, poster project, simulation, student, student teacher, teacher, teaching

“You’re boring them,” my master teacher noted characteristically. “I’d say 90 percent of the class doesn’t get it.”
She’s right, somewhat. My students aren’t too thrilled about my Venn Diagram comparing soft money and hard money, and the flicker of understanding was there in just a few faces. Indignant, I was tempted to ask her back [...]