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School’s Out for Summer

Posted: June 2, 2008 in uncategorized

My last day with students was a little over a week ago and I wrapped up post-planning last week. Now, on my first day of summer vacation, I find I’m thinking about “next year”. Sheesh, I need to just go lay out by the pool! Here are the things I’m contemplating: Teaching superhero physics for [...]

The May issue (16.05) of Wired Magazine has an awesome article about memory. Good stuff for both the teacher and student in me. Here’s the I’m-too-busy-to-read-the-article summary: if you review stuff you’ve learned, you’ll remember it better. If you review too soon, you’ll waste your time. If you wait too long, you’ll have forgotten. The [...]