Teacher education

BoDog
September 16, 2006 at 1:08 pm

Congratulations, Mrs. Chili! Knock ‘em dead…I mean, not literally, of course…they probably won’t be inclined to renew your contract if you start knocking off problematic students and stuffing them in the dumpsters.

Uh, ahem, I should probably go now…so, anyways, congrats.

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Kizz
September 9, 2006 at 11:24 pm

That sounds like a really sweet position and a truly logical and impressive way to handle the issue. I’ve got to say I didn’t think any American school system had it in them.

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claudia
August 31, 2006 at 10:19 am

I remembered that one of the reasons you said that you were sharing your teaching journey in this format was so other would-be-teachers could get a sense of the process. That being said,I believe that you have (and continue) to show others that sheer determination and overcoming obstacles are also big parts of the process!! “Just keep Swimming!!”

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HomeFireBlue
August 28, 2006 at 2:29 pm

Sub, sub, suuuuuuuuuuuuub.

Yes, you might have to do Chemistry, but like you said it’s just babysitting. And everyeon will get to know your face, your style, your eagerness.

You would also be getting to know all the local schools and the staff.

Maybe some English teacher around there will discover she’s preggers here soon and her doctor husband will insist that she quit her job, stay home and shop for baby parephenalia.

What?

It could happen!

-Blue (thinking good, employed thoughts for you)

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Well, Virtual High School Meanderings is officially three today. The entry that started it all – Welcome to my Blog on Virtual High Schools .

For the remainder of March, I’ll revisit some of the initial questions that I posted during those first months to see if we have come any further in our understanding of virtual schooling. Let me start that trip down memory lane with…

How Far Have We Come with Virtual High Schools?

This was the third entry that I posted on this blog on March 24, 2005 and I think that the question I asked in the title is still relevant. In that entry I was questioning the growth of virtual schooling and why we weren’t seeing larger numbers of students in virtual schools, particularly rural school students. While virtual schooling is growing at an increasing rate, and with the State of Michigan’s new online learning requirement, have we really come that far in three years? In that original entry I cited statistics that included 9% of public schools in the United States and 15% of schools in small districts had students enrolled in virtual schooling – however, larger schools still made up the majority of virtual school students.Is that different three years later? While the number of students is increasing, are the number of students at small and rural schools increasing at the same rate?

Virtual School Society 2008 Annual Spring Conference.

This was a new one to me and one that I will have to try and get on my agenda for next year. It came via the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education listserve (it is a combination of the former Canadian Association of Distance Education and the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada ).

Learning: Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
Virtual School Society 2008 Annual Spring Conference
April 22 – 24, 2008
Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites Vancouver, BC

The Virtual School Society (VSS) is pleased to announce our 2008 Annual Spring Conference. BCEd Online, the organization that formerly hosted this conference, has integrated with the VSS which is continuing this highly successful and very popular annual event. This conference is regarded in the province as the premier Professional Development conference for educators interested in online education. It is an exciting forum that connects educators and industry leaders from throughout the world with opportunities to learn and share experiences, ideas and new developments in using technology for teaching and learning.

Please check http://www.learnnowbc.ca/educators and scroll to “VSS Conference” for information on the two afternoon keynotes as well as the rest of the program.

I know that Alberta has another Canadian one that is also going to have to figure into my regular conference circuit at some point.

The European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing have a report, Alcohol advertising in new media, looking at the development of online advertising and how it impacts on young adults (16-24 years old).
They conclude:
The amount of alcohol marketing on the internet and other new media is increasing. This trend report shows that advertisers utilize the possibilities of creating interactive

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links for 2009-12-03.

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Unrealistic optimism prompts risky behavior.

Via Eureka Alert here’s some research about college age drinkers and how an optimistic outlook on risk can increase the potential for harm.  The researchers argue:
In this study, many college students were unrealistically optimistic about the likelihood they would experience alcohol-related problems in the future. We found that this unrealistic optimism was positively associated with

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Seminar on Effective Drug Education – Panel Session.

There was a panel session following the four presenations where those at the seminar were able to make points and ask questions to those who had spoken.
I took along our video camera to record the session and although it isn’t exactly the highest of production values I thought the quality is good enough to share for those who are interested.
The first question was around how universal and

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