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Category Archives: Literacy
Where are the “Best Practices” Examples!??!
One of the most popular posts (judging by the number of comments it received) on this young blog (6 months old) was Working, Breathing, Reproducible, Intriguing Models – where I lamented the seeming lack of good models of project/problem based … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
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Help set the agenda for our next Skypecasts and join in!
Brett Moller has already picked up the ball and set a possible agenda for another Skypecast to further the work started so ably by Wes Fryer. And as I write this I see Wes has already posted a new Skypecast … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology
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Why Go To NECC When You Can Just Skype It!?
OK so nothing is like really being there … but this was pretty good. Wes Fryer set up an international Skypecast to share what was learned at NECC 2006 – thanks for laying the groundwork Wes! Here’s a link to … Continue reading
Have Too Many Lost The Passion?
in this day of testing, programmed/scripted teaching what we are missing is the passion. How do you consistently get students revved-up if you are not excited about what you are teaching? When you think back at your own school experience … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
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Your Child’s Dream Best School Day – What Does It Look Like? What Should It Be?
There is much rumination in the edblogosphere about what education and schools should look like in this way or that. Kids should be blogging, using web 2.0 applications (Wikis, podcasts, Flickr, the flavor-of-the-week app), in conjuction with project-based, problem-based learning. … Continue reading
Messy Learning Examples
I mentioned in an earlier post that some of the most important learning that happens isn’t part of your lesson plan because you can’t account for everything that MIGHT happen during a project. Here are some recent examples from our … Continue reading
Some of the Messy Parts of learning – Or What We Did After Testing
Diatoms, 3500x magnification, taken with scanning electron microscope, University of Nevada, Reno – by John Kevin McCormack When I was first exposed to the idea of having students do project work, I remember the presenters saying that it was the … Continue reading
So As Parents and Educators We Monitor and Teach Ethical, Appropriate, Safe Use
The following was written in response to Will Richardson’s request for a message to parents about safe and appropriate technology use: Paper and pencils can be used to draw inappropriate, hate filled, pictures messages and ideas – and you could … Continue reading
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Stickleback Fossil Video
My class finished our latest video project on the last day of school (Wednesday). We were under such a time crunch that groups were literally doing voiceover work the last day as we also moved my stuff to the room … Continue reading
A “Must Read” – The Class of 2015
You must check out the post The Class of 2015 on Mark Ahlness’s edtechblog. He has his third graders’ blog postings about the reality of not having their blogs to write to once they leave his classroom. Have a hanky … Continue reading
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