http://borderland.northernattitude.org (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Wed, 14 May 2008 07:29:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en People tend to think of intelligence as a static quality, something that some people have more of than others. Yet we know that our brains are developed through experience, by stimulating neuronal connections. Yet, all experience isn't equally valuable. And some experiences may even inhibit intellectual growth. Our goal as ... http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/05/13/intelligence-training/ The Forum for Education and Democracy released a report last week, Democracy at Risk: The Need for a New Federal Role in Education [pdf], to commemorate the release of the landmark A Nation at Risk report, issued 25 years ago by the Reagan administration. A Nation at Risk claimed that ... http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/05/06/the-mountains-are-high/ The last three weeks (time since my previous post) have been more or less an extended insult. I don't know if things are improving or not at the moment. It snowed throughout the month of April - right up to yesterday, when we got yet another 2 inches of slop. ... http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/05/01/e18-error-report/ Seems like I spend half my time in the classroom keeping the noise level down, and the rest of the time getting someone besides the regulars to speak up. This post is about the talking part of student presentations, and helping kids to develop an actual public speaking voice. I ... http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/04/09/word-of-mouth/ Once upon a time I looked forward to seeing mainline literacy journals take an interest in blogging. So, it was good to see an article in this month's Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy on using of blogs for literature study, Weblogs and Literary Response: Socially Situated Identities and Hybrid ... http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/04/05/when-worlds-dont-collide/