http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/ 2007-12-19T08:09:17-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/12/interdisciplina_1.html Our internship supervisors have been meeting to create a more rational explanation for Unit Plan expectations. Of course our schema for the abstractions of essential questions, big ideas, topics, themes, disciplines, assessments, grade level equivalents, etc. (ad nauseum?) crashed... crathbon 2007-12-19T08:09:17-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/11/a_blast_from_th.html Sent to me my an old friend. You gotta hear it to believe it! The video was made in 1986 at a New Orleans nightclub. Included in the group are Rod Stewart, Rod Wood from the Stones, and Phil Shaffer,... crathbon 2007-11-17T16:56:43-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/11/not_having_enou.html November's Teaching Tolerance newsletter is powerful with respect to working with kids whose families can't "get ahead." After seeing on the news the other night that 93+% of children attending public school in Louisiana are under federal poverty guidelines,... crathbon 2007-11-06T11:34:59-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/10/happy_birthday.html Dewey's way of placing human activity at the center of his theorizing has always been inspirational to me. I assembled a list of quotes that I sometimes have students read when we visit his memorial at UVM. They continue... crathbon 2007-10-12T10:25:30-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/10/podcasting_for.html Students Thinking I felt crummy about the sharing I'd done at the faculty workshop. Asked to present my work with Podcasting, I told my interested colleagues that I was a "sometimes user" of the technology. Why sometimes? Well, I... crathbon 2007-10-03T17:40:01-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/08/podcast_sharing.html I've been asked to share my humble attempts at Podcasting during a session at the Center for Teaching and Learning, Univ. of Vermont. Here's my outline for the event. Sharing Podcasting C. Rathbone CTL 8-07-42 1. not a Podcaster...can... crathbon 2007-08-06T23:33:45-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/07/jeff_changs_ref.html Hip-hop shows how deeply the last thirty years of American history have been affected by the politics of abandonment. These inner cities where hip-hop took root were abandoned by government, business, and frankly, the white middle class. What comes... crathbon 2007-07-21T07:19:00-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/07/remembering_ale.html Alex Chirelstein died suddenly last week. This was a person whose presence was felt even though his physical being was miles away. An avuncular, embracing, rat-a-tat-tat speaker of a man, I will miss him...we all will miss him...deeply. His... crathbon 2007-07-18T09:38:48-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/05/teaching_and_le.html This was just a wonderful entry that shows in a few strokes, the possibilities of fully integrated technology in the classroom setting. It's another link from Wil Richardson's wonderful WebBlogg-ed. I'm thinking about integration where the teacher's ideas about what... General crathbon 2007-05-24T22:14:37-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/05/kyras_on_the_mo.html A few years ago I had the honor/pleasure of attending a summer seminar on hiphop culture and its pedagogical connections at NYU. That seminar was the first time UVM had participated in the Faculty Resource Network. It was an eyeopening... General crathbon 2007-05-04T22:34:15-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/04/dedication_to_a.html Opening Remarks Alicia Shanks Don McLean, a pop culture poet to at least one of the generations gathered in this room today, writes... A long, long time ago... I can still remember How that music used to make me smile.... General crathbon 2007-04-20T17:17:50-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/04/why_cant_school.html The George Lukas Educational Foundation holds rich resources for any educator wanting to explore the kinds of learning opportunities that keep children/youth coming back for more. This film is one of my favorites. My emotions are absolutely captured every... General crathbon 2007-04-14T08:59:22-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/04/building_classr.html I've recently had the opportunity to collaborate with some of my Senior students during their most intense teaching internships and I have a new understanding of the importance of relationship building. I've be able to spend time with them, watching... General crathbon 2007-04-13T20:30:27-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/04/my_code.html General crathbon 2007-04-13T20:17:58-05:00 http://crathbon.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2007/03/one_step_furthe.html I teach an entry level course to mostly first year students called Learning and the Learner. It is a course for students anticipating full entry into the eled program at my university. The goals of the course are to... crathbon 2007-03-10T11:45:18-05:00