Nancie Atwell and Real Learning

By John Brown | May 20, 2008 - 12:18 pm |August 28, 2008 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever, On Teaching

If you’ve read my article on the Teachers section, you know I think a good portion of what we do in our public schools is a waste of time because it’s not driven by any natural motivation. The result is that students are bored more than they need to be. They develop a distaste for many →

The Myth of Being More Productive by Multitasking

By John Brown | April 14, 2008 - 9:09 am |April 14, 2008 On Teaching, Zing

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One of my personal flaws is my monkey fascination. I am interested in too many things. For example, when I was at the university I wanted to major in English, History, Dutch, Art, and graduate with Honors. Um, no. That didn’t work. They finally wrote me a letter and said 220 credits was more than →