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Category Archives: Messy Learning
Time To Change Things Up A Bit!
I have mentioned several times that one of my goals this year is to get my students to blog about their learning. So far we have written mainly essays and personal narrative pieces for several reasons – one being the … Continue reading
Posted in Messy Learning
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Our Blog Video – How We Blog and Why, Is In Production
Besides video-Skyping today with new friends in Florida we started doing the real work of making a video about how we blog. Last Friday we started brainstorming all the steps we go through and then breaking it down into scenes. … Continue reading
Posted in ActivBoard, Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
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More Skype Connections
Today we video-Skyped with Paul Schwan’s fifth graders in Florida. Wes Fryer suggested we touch base with each other to work on some future projects … and today was the day. Dealing with the 3 hour time difference (or any … Continue reading
Posted in Messy Learning, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype
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Would This Make Any EduBloggerCon Even Better!?
EduBloggerCon at NECC 2007 was definitely one of the highlights for those involved. So much so that EduBloggerCons have started to spring up at more conferences. Well I think perhaps another professional development gem has been born in Canada. Darren … Continue reading
Posted in Messy Learning
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"Messy” Thanksgiving
5th grade is the “American History” grade in my school district (and probably most US school districts). As part of our study of the colonies we spent time delving into the first Thanksgiving. For the last week we focused on … Continue reading
Posted in Messy Learning
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Messy Learning About Thanksgiving
We are studying Thanksgiving this week as part of our study of American History. As part of building the schema for why the Pilgrims were thankful I had the students write about what they are thankful for. Then I talked … Continue reading
Posted in Messy Learning
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Animal Ark "Design An Animal” Video Available
Here in the Reno, Nevada, area have a fantastic resource for studying animals, namely Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary. I learned about Animal Ark in 1993 when I first taught in a classroom here. I had the good fortune of having … Continue reading
Test From Flock – Or I Better Not Get Caught Using Word to Write My Blog Again!!!
OK – I was made fun of (just a little) by several inhabitants of the Bloggers Cafe right after David Warlick sat next to me, saw that I was authoring a blog post, noticed I was using Word and said, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Brian Crosby, Messy Learning, NECC 2007, necc07
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Café Envy
Jeff Utecht wonders why those of us populating the Blogger Café find it more engaging than many of the sessions. Well for one, you have a group of the most knowledgeable edtech people from all over the world in the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Education, Messy Learning, NECC 2007, necc07, Student Access, Teacher Access, Web 2.0
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A Tale of a 4th Grade Wiki Project OR Kids and Animals … How Can You Lose!?
Nine years ago 2 of my sixth graders and I testified in front of the Nevada State Assembly Education Committee about how well using technology to enhance their learning had worked. At the time we had 7 Power Macs in … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, Digital Video, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0, Wikis
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