Steve Kinney's Blog – June 2009 Archive (2)

I've always liked the idea of the publishing party, however I've always found it a little hokey. Making a construction paper cover with yarn or lanyard binding is crafty, but it's a far cry from the experience of cracking open a crisp new permabound hardcover. Everyone plays along, but we all know there is something missing.



I've written about this in the past: The most exciting thing about using technology in a classroom is not necessarily enhancing the stuff you're already doing,… Continue

I've worked in a tiny middle school with nine classrooms and 180 students and I've worked in a large middle school with four floors and just under one thousand students. In both schools, communication was an issue. How do you make everyone aware of everything? Administrators can get on the public announcement system every time something comes up—but that wears on everyone's patience relatively quickly and if I'm in the bathroom or out getting a cup of coffee, I still didn't get the… Continue