Summary: Kim Jaxon, a teacher-consultant with the Northern California Writing Project, describes a peer response strategy that, in addition to providing responders with focused guiding questions, allows them adequate time to draft thoughtful responses. Excerpt from Article When I first asked students to give feedback, they were writing immediate feedback in class.
In October, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, got a quirky request on YouTube. A hyperactive instructor in a plaid jacket posted a video inviting her to do a Skype interview with his "World Regions" geography class at Virginia Tech.
The next generation of students is being trained for their futures. Are current teachers prepared for them? are future teachers being trained in the ways of the future?