Hmmmm . . . should this be Copy & Paste Kids ? In this time of instant information, how can we take a closer look at student engagement ...

Jeff Swanson has done a series of short videos called Why I love Maine . Might these work as an introduction to video creation with student...

Oxford Hills School District devoted their professional development day today to student behavior and school culture and climate. All appro...

Daniel Pink, author of Free Agent Nation and A Whole New Mind - Moving from the information Age to the Conceptual Age , gives us this advi...

I never get headaches . . . but I think this morning might be my first. Anyone remember that song from the sixties by Malvina Reynolds calle...

Maine's Middle School Laptop Program: Creating Better Writers - Research Brief ~David L. Silvernail & Aaron K. Gritter, October 2...

I made a quick trip up to Dixfield today to finalize the plan and contract with the wonderful educators at T W Kelley Dirigo Middle School....

View Larger Map I took an hour today to work with a team of teachers at Oxford Hills Middle School on the basics of NoteShare . Every child...

You gotta love it. I connect with Mountain Valley Middle School as often as I can, being an additional resource for their literacy initiati...

A few articles that question some of the assumptions being made about education: Public Education and Its Discontents by Gerald W. Bracey W...

Crystal Priest of SAD #4 has set up the ACTEM NoteShare Server which gives us access to many excellent notebooks created by people in Mai...

by Ed Latham That's right, you heard about them before. You have plugged endless hours aligning curriculum. You saw them get pulled back...

I talk too much. No question about it. Part of it is fearing that others will think I'm not earning my pay unless I'm presenting . N...

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Does skimming and scanning come naturally . . . or does it need to be taught?

I've done some reading on expeditionary schools but have to admit my ignorance of the details of their operation. My understanding is t...

Ever tried a webquest? If you have, you know that an authentic one requires an essential question and the following: Introduction Task Proc...

"Education Commissioner Susan Gendron said Friday that she wants every high school senior to apply to college before being eligible for...

Patsy Dunton from the Maine Department of Education is sharing the changes in the standards of the Maine Learning Results which has impli...

This morning at the MAMLE Conference, Amy Deshane of the Winthrop Middle School presented the huge collection of resources available at th...