“But” in a Middle School Classroom

Posted on March 29th, 2009 by mssigman

Last year in my classroom I spent entirely too much time debating discipline decisions with students.  They were constatntly saying “but” and I felt that I always had to answer them.  I lost hours of teaching time to answering “why” and “but” questions.  I felt and still feel that trust is essential in a classroom.  [...]

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Web 2.0 and Safety

Posted on June 4th, 2007 by mssigman

This week I am beginning to write lessons and tutorials for my next year students in Web 2.0. In searching for a beginning point I am thinking about students who may or may not already have a web presence. My next year students will be in 7th or 8th grade, old enough to [...]

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