Hey, we're not alone in our AI2-ness!

I thought this article laid out what I think AI2 is trying to do nicely - without the confusing acronyms.
Editorial: Improving Learning One Kid at a Time

Text Sets

This is an interesting idea - I could see how you could adapt it for more sophisticated research, but really give students the experience of finding information using their critical thinking skills.
http://trevorcairney.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-to-learn-using-text-sets.html

Writing Ideas

Here is a list of interesting writing ideas from the National Writing Project:
30 Ideas for Teaching Writing

This is a test

I am on a hunt to figure out how to easily post documents to this blog. This is a test - feel free to ignore it.
Levey's week 1 reading

Google Lit Trips

Ever had trouble trying to explain the setting of the book to the student? This seems like a great way to make the book come alive - use google earth to take a tour of the setting(s) of the book! Check it out at: Google Lit Trips

To give or not give homework?

Homework is always something I have struggled to think about and design. This post was interesting and inspired me to re-read Chapter 3 of "The Art and Science of Teaching" Homework post

Ideas for groupwork

While I may not fully agree with this article or school wholeheartedly, it does offer some interesting and valuable ideas for thinking about structuring groupwork.
http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-sacramento-group-dynamics