Category Archives: Education

Shuttle Launch Experience – What Are The Possibilities For Student Learning?

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Brian

In my last post I shared that I have this fantastic opportunity to watch the Space Shuttle Endeavour launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida next month. One of the ways this new pedagogy changes things is in how … Continue reading →

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I Might Be Going To Launch Of The Space Shuttle Endeavour

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Brian

NASA informed me Yesterday that I had been chosen to attend the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on April 19, 2011 as part of their @NASATweetup program. I get to go and Tweet out my experience … and according … Continue reading →

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Transparency

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Brian

I love this quote from the TV show “The West Wing.” Based on a real Mars landing gone awry, CJ Cregg implores the President to still do a live TV broadcast with scientists and school children even though the spaceship … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, Technology | 6 Comments

How did you begin your technology journey?

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Brian

A reader named Diane left these questions for me on a recent post and I thought I’d answer her here too. I wonder if others should post their experiences on their own blogs … and in more depth than I … Continue reading →

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The Tightwad Tech – The Interview

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Brian

A few weeks ago, after many attempts trying to find a time we could all make, Mark and Shawn at The Tightwad Tech managed to coral Lisa Parisi and myself across timezones long enough to interview us about how we … Continue reading →

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Another Education Analogy

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Brian

Weight is one of the most important indicators of human health. My health care provider requires a weight test to be sure members pass the health test. Let’s use a patient that weighs 1,000 pounds to see how the numbers … Continue reading →

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Baseline

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Brian

So a new year is upon us! I have rolled my last class of 4th graders to fifth grade as I usually do. I have 25 students – 19 returners from last year (the others moved) and 6 newbies. We … Continue reading →

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A Conversation About “The BluePrint”

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Brian

Massie Ritsch http://twitter.com/ED_Outreach (link to his appearance on The Colbert Report) with the US Department of Education, and a teacher on special assignment named Jose Rodriguez, contacted me through Twitter after I made a few comments about the ESEA “Blueprint” We … Continue reading →

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EduCon 2.2 – Participate In My Conversation

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Brian

I’m thrilled to say that I’ll be attending my first EduCon in a few weeks and I wanted to make attendees both F2F and otherwise aware of what my “Conversation” will be about. My session/conversation is entitled: Elementary School In … Continue reading →

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Blessed, Motivated, Challenged

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Brian

I’ve written several posts about the process of getting back to 1:1 after having to “retire” the 9 year old iBooks my class had been using. Very unexpectedly my school district decided to replace the ones that our new wireless … Continue reading →

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