13 Jun

Partnership of Major Education Associations Urges a Stronger Focus on Professional Development

Posted by Clint Buhs in classroom, professional development, teacher

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2010/via PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Learning First Alliance, a partnership of 17 national education associations representing over ten million parents, educators and policymakers, released the following statement:

"The Elementary and Secondary Education Act should make effective professional development a top priority. The federal government should support frequent, job-embedded professional development for teachers, principals and other school and district staff. It should offer dedicated funds for comprehensive, sustained and intensive approach to improving staff effectiveness in raising student achievement. The National Staff Development Council's definition of and standards for staff development identify the characteristics of professional development that are most likely to increase achievement."

31 Mar

FREE FOR EDUCATORS: Digital Learning Environments

Posted by Clint Buhs in HP, Intel, classroom, conference, professional development, teacher, technology, training

HP & Intel's Digital Learning Event Series 2010 - Practical Strategies for Digital Learning Environments

Register today!

23 Mar

Are we hearing the voices of students?

Posted by Clint Buhs in 21st century skills, classroom, student, teacher, technology

As our world has changed, so has education. Through the years there have been several different stages in education, always adapting to the latest technology and theories of the time. Today another change is on the horizon.

28 Jan

Teacher, 100, gets degree a day before dying

Posted by Clint Buhs in diploma, teacher

CONCORD, N.H. – It was Harriet Richardson Ames' dream to earn her bachelor's degree in education. She finally reached that milestone, nearly three weeks after achieving another: her 100th birthday.

On Saturday, the day after receiving her diploma at her bedside, the retired schoolteacher died, pleased that she had accomplished her goal, her daughter said. Ames had been in hospice care.

"She had what I call a 'bucket list,' and that was the last thing on it," Marjorie Carpenter said Tuesday.

Read the full article at Yahoo.com

15 Jan

I Need My Teachers to Learn

Posted by Clint Buhs in 21st century skills, classroom, education, teacher, technology

This speaks for itself. I'll let it.

11 Jan

St. Cloud teacher earns Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

Posted by Clint Buhs in award, teacher

Atomic Learning would like to congratulate Kari (Dombrovski) Dresow, a second grade teacher at Talahi and an Atomic Learning subscriber through St. Cloud ISD 742, for receiving this award.

05 Oct

A World Teachers' Day Tribute

Posted by Clint Buhs in classroom, teacher

In honor of World Teachers' Day, I thought I'd relate my recollection of the most memorable teacher of my youth. A few stand out, but this one is my favorite, at least in distant hindsight.

I attended junior high school in Bozeman, Montana in the mid 1980's. During that time, I had the same teacher for English and some sort of mythology class. I have one distinct memory of that my experience teacher, as well as a general recall of the mood of her class. I remember that she was a grandmotherly personality (well, from a twelve-year-old's perspective), but a very boisterous one. She was outgoing and engaging, but without being intimidating. She would have had to be to teach sentence diagramming and punctuation to adolescents, I suppose. She was clearly very intelligent.

She had lovely red hair, which somehow made her even more interesting. She often wore dark green clothing to coordinate with it. I looked forward to her class, which is to say that I didn't dread sitting through it like some others.