Archive for 2011
Diane will be a presenter at the Nueva Innovative Learning Conference: October 20, 2011
October 17, 2011
You are invited to attend the 2011 Innovative Learning Conference, October 20 & 21, a two-day education conference held at the Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA. More than 50 formal presentations, informative panels, and lively discussion groups will address a broad range of topics related to the most compelling issues and effective strategies in innovative […]
Diane does podcast about early childhood literacy for FIRST 5 Santa Clara County, CA
October 11, 2011
Early language and literacy development begins in the first three years of life and is closely linked to a child’s earliest experiences with books and stories. http://www.first5kids.org/podcast/familyfocus/earlylanguage
High performing students need high quality teaching.
October 6, 2011
Bill Keller’s “The University of Wherever” (NYT 10.3.201) highlights the fact that technology-centric schooling does not improve basic learning. The question becomes what kind of classroom best teaches kids to think, calculate, and invent? Classrooms in countries with the highest-performing students contain very little tech wizardry and emphasis is on pedagogical practices rather than digital […]
BOOK LOVE! Wednesday October 12, 6pm Sun Valley Idaho Community Library
October 6, 2011
Award-winning author Diane W. Frankenstein will discuss practical tips and strategies to grow a child’s confidnce in reading.
Diane comments in the SF Chronicle: Forbid kids to read a particular book and see what happens.
September 30, 2011
Diane comments in the SF Chronicle (9.28.2011)on the consequences of living in a time and place where reading is/was a punishable offense. Forbidding kids to read certain books might be just the impetus for them to read. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/27/ED7E1LA2B9.DTL
