The most notable aspect of the German education system is that there is no German education system. Germany consists of sixteen federal states (Bundesländer) and it is up to each state to decide how it wants to organize the education system. There is, of course, some form of cooperation and alignment between the states. However, […]
Month: August 2009
New Series: Investigating Global Issues in Schools
Photo from Flickr by Fox Spain / CC BY 2.0 Dear Reader, I am excited to present to you an additional series entitled, “Investigating Global Issues in Schools.” In this series, I have invited educators from across the globe to describe for us the educational systems in their countries and delineate the various challenges they […]
What Did They Tweet? 7/27-8/03
Visitors, time zone changes, vacation, Master’s program… Unless you are a Twitteraholic you probably miss several great tweets within the week. Here are a few of my favorite tweets that have engaged me or helped me find a useful link! Moreover, I hope this weekly series shows you how to engage others with your tweets, […]
Developing Strong Relationships with Your PLN
Dear Reader, You may be sick of hearing me talk about the merits of a Personal Learning Network (PLN)! However, if this is the one piece of advice I can leave you with this summer, then I feel I have significantly contributed to your professional development. Recently, one of my connections led to being a […]
Getting Children Involved with Edtech
The Problem Although I have taught English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) for several years, I only began to teach very young children two years ago. You may have read in one of my earlier posts how my initial experience was quite unsuccessful with children climbing on the wall, literally! However, I am not […]