As a teacher, we are asked to pay attention to a lot of things and to minimize distractions. But what if we could take a distraction and use it as a learning tool?
Text messages for pop quizzes? Using your camera phone for homework assignments? It’s not far from reality, some schools are starting to utilize this technology.
Also, consider the NETS standards – new standards that demand students not just get content, but experience with technology.
In the future I will be posting articles on such a shift. In …

This is a pretty good snippet about learning online. I, for one, am for a traditional learning method – meaning butts in seats at a brick and mortar school – but I also believe in utilizing the gifts the internet has to offer.
We just need balance and we also need some kind of regulation in place to gauge the quality of the instruction. After all, we are faced with a generation of students that aren’t getting the same level of education and are not held to the same high standards …

At approximately 4:30pm on Thursday, February 19th I learned that my destiny was coming into greater focus.
After tutoring some students in Latin, as they were having trouble with the four verb conjugations and using indicative and imperative moods, I was called into the principal’s office. It’s never a good thing to be called when he says ‘Shut the door.’ This was no different.
The school is deciding to go forward with a plan to scrap Latin from its curriculum and will be suspending the program next year. After that, they may …