Conversational Terrorism: How NOT to Talk!—A nice collection of argumentative fallacies, set up as they are used in meetings and whatnot. Should be approachable and applies to more than just oral conversations. I just wish the folks on BlogShares actually…
Author: Traci Gardner
Daily Work: Leaving a Character and Errands
My first day off of a four-day weekend. We need more Monday holidays. Even though I took vacation today, I ended up doing a bit of work. It’s impossible not to really. Makes more sense to answer some e-mails then…
Daily Work: It’s Murder! Plus Calendar Work and DIY Repairs
This morning there was no evidence of the crime scene from yesterday. In truth, the yard looked very plain and empty with the tarps and tents and cars and flashing lights all gone. Looked like any other house. I don’t…
Daily Work: ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan and Calendar, NCTE Podcasting, and Police
Today is my younger brother Noel’s birthday. I am celebrating by eating cookies without him, given that he’s 11 hours away. I was in on a brainstorming meeting this morning for ways to use podcasting on the NCTE Web site.…
ReadWriteThink: Macintosh Commercial Interactive
I managed to hide in the office from the influx of flowers and candy and such today. It’s depressing really. Even without going out there, I ended up sitting at the desk crying a little. I am so stupid and…
Inbox: Improving Instruction for ELL/ESL Students
Inspired by an Arizona Republic article, which outlines the state’s struggle to find programs that will improve instruction for the English language learners in the public school system, the Ideas section of this week’s Inbox focuses on Improving Instruction for…
In the News: Elmore Leonard: 10 ways to “remain invisible” in your writing
Elmore Leonard: 10 ways to “remain invisible” in your writing | 43 Folders—How depressing. We spend so much time working on voice with students, and here is a list of ways to squelch it. Valuable in ways, I’m sure. Actually,…
In the News: NPR : Commission Mulls Standardized Testing in Colleges
NPR : Commission Mulls Standardized Testing in Colleges—this was a nice story, but I was bothered by the arguments that the various people who were interviewed gave. The problem with standardized testing is that standardized testing doesn’t work. It’s not…
Daily Work: The Fun Part and Gender Issues in Computing
Story on Focus 580 this morning about Gender Issues in Computing, which also was generally about women and math/science. One day I really need to write down my math stories. It’s probably important to write them down, but I never…
In the News: Personal Safety for Bloggers
Blog Stalkers – Personal Safety for Bloggers: ProBlogger Blog Tips: Mostly obvious to me, but the list may come in handy later. We have a blog lesson plan coming along that may benefit from the link. If not, I’ll have…