Dan and Jeff discuss teacher merit pay.

Jeff and Dan discuss school safety issues.

Dan and Jeff discuss their process for proposing and developing new courses.

Jeff and Dan discuss working with student-teachers and practicum students.

Dan and Jeff discuss ideas for saving money in schools.

Dan and Jeff invite Richard Byrne of the award-winning http://www.freetech4teachers.com to discuss Acceptable Use Policies.

Show notes: Episode 55 Practical Matters Discussion: @ 4:15 Dan and Jeff discuss what they are up to in the classroom this week. Dan’s links mentioned http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ http://www.wordle.net/ http://www.wearemulticolored.com/ http://ca

In this special episode we invite college students Chris Brennick and Emily Pottle to chat with us about college readiness. Focusing on how well Dan and Jeff's schools prepared them for their experiences.

Jeff and Dan discuss the challenges of cross-grade level discussions.

Jeff, Dan and Special Guest Mark Spahr discuss their goals for 2009.