Friday, August 31, 2007

Progressive Education in the 1940s


Original Video at YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opXKmwg8VQM
This video presents a positive view of progressive education although it begins with a parent complaining that children are not learning the fundamentals. Various educators are seen including famed John Dewey. One skeptic asserts that ideas similar to progressive education caused a collapse of the ancient Greek civilization. Current debates about educational techniques in many respects seem similar to what was occurring in the 1940s.

Labels: , , , , , , , ,

Thursday, August 2, 2007

What do Teachers Make?

Labels: , , , , , , , ,

Monday, May 7, 2007

Teachers and Teaching in the News



Teachers and Teaching in the News from the Blinkx Video Search Engine
Click on any of the individual images above or if you want the latest stories then click on this link ...
www.blinkx.com/videos/teaching%2520teachers

Labels: , , , , , , ,

Be A Super Teacher



Describes the proper relationship with teacher-student to become a "Super Teacher"

Labels: , , , , , , ,

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Public TV (UK)



www.public.tv/search.php?Keywords=teachers+teaching
Public TV (UK) was started in 2007
It allows UK public sector organisations to broadcast videos on the website; and it points users to interesting video resources that exist on other public sector websites.
An excellent source of government videos ... click on the image to go to the website to view the videos.

Labels: , , , , , , , ,

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Teaching Online: Best Practices (PowerPoint)



Teaching Online: Best Practices
This is the presentation that was used for the Teaching Online: Best Practices training given at Clark County School District's Virtual High School in Las Vegas Nevada, USA

Labels: , , , , , , , ,

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Learner-centered teaching with technology



Can you teach music over the Internet? How? Can you teach with Youtube? Nirvana? Piczo? Audacity? Billboard? Newsfeeds? Can you teach in a way that is engaging for the learner? What does it mean to be a learner-centered teacher of music in a technology-mediated context? I created this video to answer this question

Labels: , , , , , , , ,