Two articles on graduate school recently came to my attention, and I do a bit of analysis here, along with some questions: What is the best reason to go to graduate school? And will it be worth it? Is an M.A. the default bottom line these days? Does graduate school make better teachers? Why is demand rising for this thing that could be worthless?
How can J.T. help you be a better presenter? He has “mad presentation skillz”. Check it out: hilarious and instructive. Might be something to use with students, actually. Via Nancy Duarte.
Building a Better Teacher: Administrators and teachers alike would be crazy to ignore the implications of this research. For one thing, it should begin to inform teacher evaluation processes. For another, it should challenge the current shape of teacher training programs. And finally, it should excite teachers themselves who want to be better, who see gaps in their own methods, but don’t know how to fill them.
RateMyTeachers.com has 11 million ratings posted, and climbing. Many international schools are listed, and a growing number of teachers are being rated by students and parents (or colleagues.) Are you on the site? What impact will ratings sites like this have on teachers? What impact have anonymous ratings of schools and administrators (ISR) had on the int’l teaching scene?
The NYTimes highlights a satisfaction survey regarding the services of college counselors…and the results aren’t pretty. But what do people expect? Show me someone who can actively manage 1,000 different contacts in their social network, and I’ll show you a queen ant. Literally. Whatever, just read this.
Google gives their employees one day a week to work on whatever they think is most important – and 50% of their new products are the result. Should teachers and students get “20% Time”?
Teachers are the most important professionals in the world. Shouldn’t they be paid fairly? Why are salaries based on antiquated notions of teacher effectiveness?
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