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teaching Archive
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Digging Through Text
Posted on February 24, 2011 | No CommentsFifteen interviews of high school instructors and learners are officially transcribed. To celebrate, I will eat a bag of chips, curse that foolish decision (post consumption) and then begin to […] -
OMG, we’re dumb!
Posted on February 8, 2011 | No CommentsI feel so invaded! I’m reading my way through several books about education and I just picked up John Taylor Gatto’s Dumbing Us Down (1992). For those of you who […] -
Fine tooth comb
Posted on January 25, 2011 | No CommentsHere’s the thing about editing, choosing the best content is tough. We get attached to our media and have a hard time deciphering the relevant material from the unnecessary. As […] -
A Bridge in the Room
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 1 CommentBefore the holidays I had the pleasure of interviewing Leah Sherry, a high school teacher (who prefers to be called a “facilitator”) and some of her students at the CICO […] -
Reading List and Dream School
Posted on October 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsNo escaping it. One must read to get a degree, and to contextualize what the thesis is… and what the thesis is trying to prove. I met with both of […] -
Needs in school and not home-school!
Posted on September 23, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe last shoot in Montreal, at LaurenHill Academy, was fun! The anticipated 3-4 interviewees turned into 5 that needed to be filmed as a group during their lunch hour. The […] -
2nd Shoot on 2nd Thought
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsLast Tuesday I returned to Villa for a second shoot. I was reluctant, at first, to follow through with this one as the interviewees were recommended to me by the […] -
Back from trip & back to learning
Posted on August 18, 2010 | 1 CommentYep, was gone for a bit there. Took off to New Hampshire where I climbed a mountain and then nursed my aching muscles. What did I learn? Don’t hike longer […] -
Benefits of Segregation?
Posted on July 29, 2010 | 1 CommentI’ve been so anxious to start filming at my old high school–as I have been planning to for a while now–that I decided a couple of days ago that I […] -
You don’t have a learning style, apparently.
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 4 CommentsWhat?! Are you kidding me? If there’s no such thing as learning styles I may as well drop my whole thesis project and go get a real job! This theory […]