I thought this was interesting especially after reading Tony Wagner's chapter on social innovation. Some food for thought. My conclusion-social innovation should come from student interest and motivation-not from some assignment by the teacher.

I have used the the "Comprehension Toolkit" by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis for many years. Now they have added technology to the toolkit. This is the sampler from Heinemann.

The authors want educators to pay attention to freshman year.

The "Motherlode" blog in the NY Times always fascinates me and the youth sport culture in suburban communities intrigues me as well. Full disclosure-both of my children have played youth sports! I am so glad that I am not a kid today-between seeing every party and gathering that I am not invited to online to the competitive sports programs that are such a part of our community's culture-I am glad that my childhood was different.

This is a very thought provoking article in the NYTimes Magazine this week that grapples with the issues that I suspect we are grappling with in class. I like the comments by Sherry Turkle. I'm curious what others think!