1. Technology is something we clearly want our students to know how to use extensively and responsibly. However~ I am discovering lately that more and more young students are unable to use social media wisely. In a recent conversation in my Constitutional Law class~ I realized that the most media savvy generation in the world may need teacher guidance on the use of Twitter. More than a social media for the exchange for personal opinions and silly gossip~ we as their teachers need to use...

Joe loves to take on an activity---if he knows he will be successful at it.

He devours books and racks up points by taking tests on the Accelerated Reader program. With a gift for gab~ he gets recognized for his work as the anchorman for the schools morning news. You definitely cant call Joe a lazy student.

However~ give Joe an assignment or task where success is not certain~ and it can be like slamming the brakes on a car. Complete stop. He grows anxious~ tries to...

1. As a teacher of US Government and Constitutional Law~ I am not an expert on the realities of operational daily events in DC. I am however a professional who toils in the day-to-day ideals of democracy. Pivotal to this week's learnings was the concept of compromise after reading selected Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers. The argumentsseem to be playing out in DC.
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The famous Virginian who wrote the...

1. I am a teaching head of a high school. As such~ I seek opportunities to use the lessons I experience in class to serve as life lessons to the faculty. The hardest lessons these days are those resulting from social media. Students are indeed young~ make the foolish choices of youth~ and must again and again pay the price of public humiliation. Unfortunately~ the situation is exacerbated when parents attempt to rationalize bad behavior and poor choices by saying~ "But my child isn't alone...