I’ll never forget the first time I saw an interactive whiteboard on display. It was at a teacher convention, and I think that when I saw it I suddenly had visions of myself jogging around the flight deck of Discovery One on my way to Jupiter.* That hulking piece of interactive technology, mounted professionally at…
thesis statement
How much is too little?
Some classes latched onto the idea of a thesis statement like a kid latches onto a new video game. Other classes approached understanding a thesis statement with all the wariness, trepidation, and uncertainty of a Paleolithic tribe handed a ringing smartphone. Mapping out a lesson (or series of lessons!) that introduced the thesis statement and…