by Brian | Aug 28, 2018 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Inclusion, Literacy, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Technology
I remember back in the day (or do people still do these?) when teachers in 4th or 5th grade tended to assign “the state” or “the country” report. Way too often the assumption was made that the students pretty much knew how to do these. The...
by Brian | Aug 22, 2018 | Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, NASA, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
Had to post this. As someone who delivers professional development in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) this study’s findings don’t surprise me (link to the study YouGov site). Science and social studies and a raft of other subjects...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2016 | 1:1, Blogging, Change, Education, Grace Corrigan, Inclusion, Literacy, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I’ve seen numerous “tweets” today, on the 30th anniversary of the event, from people sharing where they were when they witnessed or heard about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. I was teaching 7th grade in Oakland, California, and our principal...
by Brian | Dec 8, 2015 | Change, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
One of the major downsides of 15 years of NCLB and RTTT has been the silo-ing and narrowing out of subjects, especially in elementary schools, and brutally so in the most “at risk” schools. Beside students missing out on the most engaging subjects, after...
by Brian | May 4, 2015 | Cooperative Learning, Education, High Hopes Project, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
A few weeks ago I was asked to submit a post for Edutopia (Supported by the George Lucas Educational Foundation) about our “High Hopes Project.” It was a challenge based on my schedule right now, but on the other hand it forced me to be more thoughtful in...
by Brian | May 2, 2015 | Change, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Recently we obtained a Space Grant that has enabled us to offer a class we are calling “Pathways To Space.” It is a 32 hour/2 credit class for middle school science teachers. During our 1st class teachers constructed their own tissue paper hot air...
by Brian | Apr 11, 2015 | Brian Crosby, Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Inclusion, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, The High Hopes Project, Wikis
On Saturday, April 25, 2015, I’ll be delivering an online version of one of my most requested presentations: “STEM – What Does That Really Look Like In The Classroom.” I’ll share real STEM projects right from my classroom. The projects...
by Brian | Mar 8, 2015 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Inclusion, Literacy, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Wikis
This is cross posted at the “High Hopes Project” blog Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake from about 29,000 meters (95,000 feet) The “High Hopes Project” is designed to be a model global STEM learning project. But what is it really and how does it work? Who is...
by Brian | Mar 4, 2015 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Literacy, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, The High Hopes Project, Web 2.0
This was originally posted at the High Hopes Project web site. Note the 4 party balloons that all started out the same size before they were inflated, on their way to 30,500 meters (100,000 feet ) from a balloon flight last year. On our upcoming flight we will inflate...
by Brian | Mar 1, 2015 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
When experienced using a truly integrated approach, STEM learning is, I believe, the most powerful language arts program there is. The reason so many still struggle with STEM is that they approach it as an “add-on” … something else they have to make...
