John Dewey’s Democracy and Education is available in its entirety online for free. Click here to read it! I like these hyperlinked books because you can read it in chunks.
Archive for January, 2006
Free Dewey Text Online
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Writing
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I like this quote: “It is with words as with sunbeams–the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.”–Robert Southey
Happy New Year
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year to everyone!
“What’s Hot, What’s Not”
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Did anyone read the latest 2006 “What’s Hot, What’s Not for 2006″ in the International Reading Association’s “Reading Today” publication? I always feel like I’m sort of behind the curve on being interested in the hot topics. WHere is New Literacies on this list? It mentioned technology and it said it was “Not Hot”. How [...]
Is there a literary canon?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I don’t think there should be. I personally hated reading “A Tale of Two Cities” in 9th grade. No one should be force fed “English Literature”. That said, I love a lot of the classics, like Russian novels, Victorian lit, poets like Dickinson and others. I just don’t think students should have to fit the [...]
