Posted by Chip on March 30, 2010
Six high school students have been charged following a long investigation into the tragic suicide of fifteen year-old Phoebe Prince, who killed herself on January 14 after being bullied in school, on Facebook, and through text messages in South Hadley, Massachusetts. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns, Schoolwide Issues |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, children and technology, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns, social-emotional learning | 
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Posted by Chip on September 11, 2009
Heard this term? I observed a striking example of this definition of our young people in action as I sat at the back of a group of nearly 100 fifth graders watching and listening to the President’s “First day of School” address September 8th (see previous blog entry). JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question [...]
Categories: Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: children and technology, Lois Lowry, the distractible generation, The Giver, Thomas Merton, Time to Learn | 3 Comments »
Posted by Chip on October 12, 2007
If slowing the pace of school to improve teaching and learning sounds like an idea that makes sense to you, read on. It may sound good to try slowing down, but it’s easier said than done. While we wish as teachers and administrators that we had more time to breathe and could make that possible [...]
Categories: Time to Learn |
Tags: children and technology, Time to Learn | 3 Comments »
Posted by Chip on October 10, 2007
Are you at all bothered by the rush of the school day or the pace of our children’s lives? Can children’s brains and bodies accept the media and technology barrage in a healthy way as they merge onto this so-called “superhighway”? I am writing for and you are reading and responding to a “blog,” something [...]
Categories: Time to Learn |
Tags: ASCD, children and technology, Jean Piaget, The Child's Conception of Time, Time to Learn, whole child | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on September 20, 2007
Yes, it’s true. All that time with video games does increase the fine motor skills of children, but that doesn’t mean we should be rushing to sit young children in front of the computer for more than a half-hour a day. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re [...]
Categories: Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: children and technology, children's drawing and writing, children's fine motor skills, developmental changes, developmental teaching, video games | 2 Comments »
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