Chicago Tribune The Beauty of Brevity (editorial) USATODAY.com English Teachers Group Says New SAT Test Could Backfire Minneapolis Star Tribune Verbosity Over Eloquence Is New Worry on SAT Test HindustanTimes.com New SAT Attacked as Test of Stamina Tags: English language…
Author: Traci Gardner
Puppy with a Dead Bird
I finally finished the technology profile lesson plan. It became Paying Attention to Technology: Reviewing a Technology. It doesn’t feel like a stellar lesson, but it’s done. I can’t decide what to write next. I have several ideas written down,…
Technology Counts 2005
x-posted to kairosnews.org EDWeek‘s Eighth Annual Report on School Technology: Technology Counts 2005: Electronic Transfer: Moving Technology Dollars in New Directions “The report includes in-depth articles on issues surrounding technology spending, state profiles, and the first-ever ranking of state technology…
Celebrate
Tags: humor | silliness | too much time on my hands
More on NCTE’s SAT/ACT Report in the News
Washington Post Tom Toles: SAT Test: Essay (editorial cartoon) Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Don’t forget the facts: Adjust the new SAT writing section to give accuracy more weight (editorial) Tags: English language arts | K12 instruction | SAT | standardized…
i am not in bed
It’s 1:30 AM. I am not in bed. Perhaps a random picture of a duck dressed as a pig will help. No. That didn’t fix anything. It’s still 1:30. It’s even later really, and I’m still not in bed. This…
NCTE’s SAT/ACT Report in the News
The report: Good Writing Instruction, Not Testing, Is the Best Preparation for College NYT, May 3 SAT Essay Test Rewards Length and Ignores Errors Washington Post, May 3 Teachers Give New SAT Essay Low Marks Bloomberg.com, May 3 SAT Essay…
Everything Bad Is Good for You reviewed in Time
TIME.com: Children, Eat Your Trash! — May. 09, 2005 “In Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter (Riverhead Books; 238 pages), the social critic and technologist (Mind Wide Open) makes a thought-provoking…
Taking Stock
Despite the fact that today is Lisa’s birthday and there was much celebration including 3 bouquets of flowers, I managed to get my draft ready for this week’s Ideas Section of the Inbox, which will be published tomorrow’s afternoon. This…
STLtoday.com – Teachers look to computers to critique student essays
x-posted to kairosnews.org Teachers look to computers to critique student essays presents another example of folks ignoring what we know about writing and authentic assessment. For the other side of this argument, see “Automated Scoring Technologies and the Rising Influence…