Musings

🤷‍♂️ What Really Happens in the Classroom (Notes 8/4-10/11)

A roundup of my Notes for the first nine weeks. Also included: Kids don't use folders.

Oct 12 •

🧠 Blue Trucks and Reading Dances: Five Fast Implications to Dual Coding Theory

What is the most effective reading comprehension strategy ever?*

Sep 16 •

From “Never Forget” to “Not Born Yet”

Never forgetting when teaching the next generation.

Sep 11 •

🧠 What is Dual Coding Theory? (Hint: Not Computer Related.)

Hint: DCT deals with the brain, not computers.

Sep 7 •

Fall Syllabus 2024

Backwards planning for the Fall semester.

Aug 31 •

📱 Touchscreens are intuitive. Word processors aren’t.

Let’s teach Office software like any other academic standard.

Aug 4 •

Teachers, Begin Your School Year with Regrets. (And Hope)

Begin your school year by looking backwards.

Jul 27 •

Welcome Page (July 2024)

Welcome to The Paste Eaters Blog!

Jul 17 •

Ten Life Lessons I Wish I Knew at Seventeen

Number 5 may surprise you!

Jun 24 •

On New Newsletters (Eventually)

Writing beyond the classroom.

Jun 19 •

Summer Begins in Exhaustion

Or sprawled like a starfish on my son's nursery.

Jun 5 •

Ten MORE Things I Keep in my Desk (Folgers, Sponsor Me!)

Corporate sponsorship means never going ‘paid.’

Jun 2 •

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