Category Archives: Millennials

Automating Your Bias

Posted on December 13, 2012 by hernick

This post is about research – and how the best of us can inadvertently misuse tools. An advisee came into my office to complain about a teacher. Listing to a kvetching student is not an unusual occurrence – gripes about … Continue reading →

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Tackling the Homework Dillema

Posted on October 16, 2012 by marekbeck

Making Homework Meaningful – and Less of a Burden “Is homework a subject or a method?” asks former superintendent Lee Jenkins in this thoughtful article in Middle Ground. “If it is a subject, shouldn’t teachers request that homework grades be … Continue reading →

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Millennials Workshop Next Month (April 17)

Posted on March 6, 2012 by wordforester

Colleagues, Below is the write-up for our CAIS PD event next month at Hamden Hall.  Can you think of anything to add– Topics to touch on with participants, questions about current “logging of student work” (blogs, google docs, etc) online, … Continue reading →

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Do Millennial Students Merit a Whole New Curriculum?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by wordforester

Dear PD Colleagues, Do Independent School millennial students (all our students, currently) need to be presented with a whole new curriculum, at least in presentation modes, from whatever tender age we begin up through MS and HS, across all subject areas, … Continue reading →

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Calling Millennial Teachers (recruit one at your school!)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by wordforester

This sub-committee is being formed in response to a feeling from the CAIS Professional Development Commission that “the wheel has turned” in regard to how young people born since the late 1980’s (now 1-22 years old) learn and relate to … Continue reading →

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What is a Flipped Classroom and Why is this Idea Trending?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Bill Sullivan

There is a buzz among CAIS teachers about flipped classrooms. What is it? How does it operate? How did the model evolve? Here’s a video about two Colorado teachers who flipped their science classes a few years ago. Closer to … Continue reading →

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Greg Tang, National Math Expert

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Bill Sullivan

Greg Tang was a featured presenter for the opening session at the NCTN Regional Conference in Atlantic City, October 19-21, 2011. He is a math educator who believes that building math fluency and foundations can be developed through fun practiced … Continue reading →

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