Ron Smith

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Tags Teacher Leadership
June 22, 2006

Now, I do not condone cheating in school, but my job is to have my students leave knowing more than they came in with.

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Tags Teacher Leadership
June 15, 2006

When I started my doctoral program, I knew I would have to be away from class for several weeks during the school year. I have never really liked the results I get with substitute teachers, even though I have been one and understand their problems all too well. I needed to do things differently...

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Tags Social and Emotional Learning
June 5, 2006

I drive a sporty little two-seater convertible to school. One day last semester, someone broke into it and stole my little blue iPod mini, which has "IM8X10" engraved on the back.

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Tags Project-Based Learning
May 25, 2006

When I started experimenting with text messaging, I would text this student or that student, usually one or two at a time. Once I got all my seniors' numbers, though, I decided to try a broadcast.

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Tags Assessment
May 16, 2006

Suppose I were to offer you a fantastic word processor, small, portable, battery free, readily available, capable of operating in any language, and easily used by people from ages one to one hundred. There is such a word processor. It is called a pencil.

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