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Let’s Discuss: Code Switching and Culture

M Parrinello-Cason

Jan 12, 2014code switching, family cultures, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post0

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Writing is Like Metaphor Series: Revising is Like Sculpting with Play-Doh

M Parrinello-Cason

Jan 4, 2014http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, metaphor, writing process, WritingIsLike0

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Writing Is Like Metaphor Series: Semicolons Are Like Jewelry

M Parrinello-Cason

Aug 22, 2013grammar, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, metaphor, style, WritingIsLike0

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Conversation: Remembering What It’s Like to Be “Developmental”

M Parrinello-Cason

May 30, 2013authority, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, perspective, teaching2

This post has been cross-posted from Balancing Jane. (more…)

Conversation: Flipping Out: Flipped Teaching Models

May 14, 2013classroom management, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, in-class activities, teaching1

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Tech in the Classroom: Blackboard

May 13, 2013classroom management, grading, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Technology Review0

This is part of a series of reviews of websites, platforms, and social media sites. Some are useful for teachers in a SMART classroom (with a teacher-station computer, internet connection, and projector). Others lend themselves more to a lab where each student has her own computer. Hopefully these can help us communicate with our students, present information effectively, and encourage collaboration, feedback, and active participation. See our previous review of Wordpress, Facebook, PB Works, and Google Drive. (more…)