May 29, 2006

Practical Lesson Plans for Reading

Practical Lesson Plans for Reading

And for lesson plans for reading, pre-reading, interim reading, and post-reading tasks, experiments, peer-work, and quizzes and tests, I found such sites as those sponsored, designed, and maintained by educators at all levels—at Proteacher.net; Teachers.net; TeacherOz.com; Webenglishteacher.com; sheboyganfalls.k12.wi.us/ staff/dehogue/AP/teachers/main.htm; readwritethink.org; teachersfirst.com; Awesomelibrary.org; mrscassel.com; and Teachnet.com to be imperative for fresh and effective teaching approaches.

Writing on a Leather Journal

Writing on a Leather Journal

The leather journal can come in handy when least expected. They are easier to tote around than a cumbersome laptop. Most information can be stored inside the pages of a leather journal and it doesn’t require any batteries or electricity!

May 22, 2006

Should We Listen to the College Rankers?

Though many people put a lot of faith in the ranking of colleges, usually favoring the top college lists formulated by magazines like U.S. News and World Report, the ranking of colleges really isn’t much of a science. That’s not to say that certain requirements aren’t taken in for consideration.Depending on the publication, a large range of different considerations can be taken into account. Some of the standard criteria are class size, percentage of professors with advanced degrees, and the percentage of graduates which are either employed or pursuing further education within six months of graduation. These are relatively cut-and-dried numbers; there isn’t much of a fudge factor or much room for interpretation.

The rest of the article can be read at Ranking of Colleges