Ben Davis

45, Male

United States

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation
Vestavia Hills High School
Blog
http://teacheng.us
Website
http://www.esoterium.us
Twitter / Plurk / Other Account
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About Me
I teach American lit at Vestavia Hills High School. I am also the Tech Liaison for our local chapter of the National Writing Project, Red Mountain Writng Project. (WWW.RMWP.ORG)

This is my 2nd year to teach. As of now, that is all I have to tell ya. Tips are welcome! Also, I encourage you to visit the TEACHER section of my website.

Comment Wall:

  • Angela W.

    Thanks for giving me the link. This is pretty cool!

    Apr 22, 2007

  • Angela W.

    how have ya been teach?

    Oct 29, 2007

  • James Edward Charles Webber

    Hi Ben Im considering opening a discussion/ and ning thing or blog
    ive only been around 4 days on here ! * -(

    It would be on the speech dialect of Native teachers in SKOREA in terms of usa/canadian versus uk/other countries background/dialect and speech in the English clasroom

    1 Do different backgrounds and teaching /sound input for the learner influence the classroom environment... 2 Is this the same at different levels AND schools
    hagwon v public school... eg from teaching basic engish word structure in South America >> to high level post High school/ Uni students

    2 Do teachers ( Korean) find certain teachers speech easier/ or more accomodating for them?
    How do they work with the Foreign teacher if there are any significant issues...
    What is the affect, if any of various teachers speech and or background??
    3 What learning methods can be put into place to ensure students develop ..? within the English classroom

    what are your thoughts.
    Thanks
    James

    Nov 4, 2007

  • Mark kurts

    Hello Ben. I'd love to hear from you about how much time maintaining all this takes you each day. What about your "work flow?" I'm teaching in Sarasota County (15 years experience). Computer savvy but new to the latest. All our classrooms have Activboards and this technology is demanding in my field - science - as there isn't that much out there for science. I now feel I'm writing the textbook. (I also have a strong English background - all including lit crit, grammar for english teacher,etc.) I'm at a middle school and work with four other teachers. I know our 8th graders would LOVE to do more of the more advanced techie-learning approaches...but we're needing to CATCH UP. You're a new dad, I noticed, so if you don't have time to offer suggestions for where to begin, I absolutely understand. I have an 11 month old granddaughter who has been living with me (with her mom!) for most of her life. I AM BUSY and appreciate the demands of little ones AS WELL AS those of students. Thank you for any help you can offer me. My best to you...Maria

    Jan 20, 2008

  • Mark kurts

    Today, I opened a NING account and began setting up this site: http://brainpaddle.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=1981615:Photo:45

    I thought I'd start there. I'd love to get a global picture in my mind of what's possible and then decide which pieces to take on.

    Jan 20, 2008

  • CC Long

    Sure, I'll try to do that this weekend when I have more time. I'm in intense Intel training on curriculum design this week.

    May 14, 2008