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Like Free Stuff? Like Science? Here You Go!

jwheeler1967 wrote 3 weeks ago: One of the most exciting things to happen to knowledge is the increasing amount of free information, … more →

Tags: Books, Research, Science, astronomy, College physics, Free Downloads, Oliver Lodge, Physics, pioneers of science

Happy 87th Birthday, Harper Lee!

jwheeler1967 wrote 3 weeks ago: Last night, I found my sixteen-year-old daughter in bed  a full hour early. In her hands was Harper … more →

Tags: Authors and Poets, Awards, Books, Movies, Books, Young-Adult, Birthdays, Haper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, To Kill A Mockingbird film

That's an Egrig... Egregou... Egregious Error: Most Commonly Misspelled and Looked-up Words4 comments

jwheeler1967 wrote 1 month ago: When I worked in a bookstore in my early twenties (my mother said it was the equivalent of putting a … more →

Tags: Education, Research, Top 10, writing, definitions, dictionaries, misspelled words, Usage

Who/what is a "good" teacher?

RIMA wrote 1 month ago: A “good” teacher is one who is a co-producer of knowledge and engages students as critic … more →

Teaching competitions and lesson polishing: would you do them?51 comments

jeremyharmer wrote 1 month ago: One of the most interesting sessions I attended at the recent IATEFL conference was by a Chinese tra … more →

Tags: Conferences, Presenting/presentation, teacher observation, Teacher training

Letters to Juliet: A Project of Love for the Lovelorn

jwheeler1967 wrote 1 month ago: One of my favorite things that has been going around the internet for some time is the EMO person wh … more →

Tags: Research, Shakespeare, Books, npr, Morning edition, Romeo and Juliet, Love Letters, Juliet club, Verona

"Grow Up and Get Your S*^t Together": A Message from a Fed-up Professor at NYU 1 comment

jwheeler1967 wrote 1 month ago: Ask any professor, from a community college to an Ivy League institution, if many students treat the … more →

Tags: Opinion, college students, Education, Classroom Behavior, college ethics, college experience, College Behavior, professor expectations

The Beginnings of a Sea Change

jhgardner wrote 2 months ago: In an area of Nigeria that is “as densely populated as Paris” but contains only one prim … more →

Tags: Education, Science, Africa, Architecture, Climate, Education 2, floating schools of makoko, global climate change, Lagos

The Great American Teach-Off for 2013!

jwheeler1967 wrote 3 months ago: Know a teacher who could use and deserves $10,000? Well, hurry, as it is almost last call for nomina … more →

Tags: Awards, Education, classroom grants, darly bilandzija, good partnerships, Great American Teach-Off, teaching awards, terry tougherty, university of phoenix

Digital Learning Day Brings Technology into the Classroom

jhgardner wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday marked the second annual celebration of “Digital Learning Day,” the culminatio … more →

Tags: Education, Digital Learning Day, Education 2, ipads, librarians, Teachers, Teaching, technology, Technology in the Classroom

Tips from the eNotes Intern: Getting Over the Post-Winter Break Blues1 comment

Yael wrote 4 months ago: Here at eNotes, our intern evidently doesn’t pull any punches. Following are the straight up f … more →

Tags: college students, Education, Opinion, Academic Goals, College, college students, High School, Intern, Students

Young Adult Classics "The Giver" and "Tiger Eyes" as Major Motion Pictures

jwheeler1967 wrote 4 months ago: There is good news for young adults (and parents) who are tired of lifeless, often commercially-orie … more →

Tags: Authors and Poets, Books, Books, Movies, Novels 2, Young-Adult, giver film, Jeff Bridges, Judy Blume, Lois Lowry

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things1 comment

jhgardner wrote 5 months ago: It’s almost a new year, let the embarrassing work Christmas parties commence and the Auld Lang … more →

Tags: eNotes News, Opinion, Books, Movies, Education, Top 10, Holidays, Arts, eNotes, Literature

Catcher in the Rye To Be Dropped from Curriculum? Puh-lease3 comments

jhgardner wrote 5 months ago: New Common Core Standards drop classic novels in favor of “informational texts.” The US … more →

Tags: Opinion, Education, Science, Teachers, Literature, Education 2, Books 2, Science, Politics

Why Children Make the Best Scientists

jhgardner wrote 5 months ago: The intersection of science and play. We are taught from a young age that authority in any academic … more →

Tags: Education, Video, Science, Teaching, Teachers, Students, Science, Scientists, Play

No More Smokin' in the Boys' Room: Tracking Chips On the Rise for Junior High and High School Students

jwheeler1967 wrote 5 months ago: I have a child in junior high and a child in high school. Every day, both of them must wear their sc … more →

Tags: Education, Opinion, Attendance, Education 2, GPS, High School, Privacy, Security, student ID

Top Ten Gifts for Readers and Writers: Cyber-Monday is Here!

jwheeler1967 wrote 5 months ago: Got a reader and/or writer on your Christmas list? Take advantage of Cyber-Monday with these unique … more →

Tags: Arts, Authors and Poets, Books, gifts, Holidays, Top 10, writing, all who wander are not lost, Charles Bukowski

Why College Students Today Can’t Write1 comment

jhgardner wrote 6 months ago: Today’s post is brought to you by  Braintrack.com, an online resource for university, college, … more →

Tags: college students, Education, Guest Posts, writing, College, essays, High School, Professors, Students

Powering Up: Social Media and the New Classroom

jwheeler1967 wrote 6 months ago: Just a few years ago, when kids began having their own phones in large numbers, schools freaked out. … more →

Tags: Research, college students, Education, Science, History, writing, Teaching, Teachers, Education 2


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