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Category Archives: Field Trips
STEM-ing the Tide of Education Reform
NOTE: This post was originally published at the Voices from the learning revolution blog. “Everybody in this room understands that our nation’s success depends on strengthening America’s role as the world’s engine of discovery and innovation. And that leadership tomorrow … Continue reading
Leaving Their Mark – Redux, Redux
This is a first I think, a second repost of a post on my blog. I’m doing so because of my appearance on NBC’s Education Nation Teacher Townhall. I talked about things my students have done and an innovative pedagogy, … Continue reading
#Nasatweetup
What if you come for a shuttle launch and the shuttle doesn’t launch? A waste of time? Hardly. My trip made people where I’m from more aware of the what school could become. Our local paper did a short article, … Continue reading
On My Way – NASA Tweetup/sts-134-launch
I’m writing quickly from the airport in Salt Lake City, Utah. I’m soon to catch the second in a trilogy of flights that will end in Orlando, Florida, at 6:00am Thursday morning (how much sleep will I get???), and from … Continue reading
My TEDxNYED Talk – Posted
Several weeks ago I had the honor of taking the stage on the 40th floor of 7 World Trade Center in New York to participate in TEDxNYED, ”… an all-day conference focusing on empowering innovation in education, … being held in … Continue reading
Shuttle Launch Experience – What Are The Possibilities For Student Learning?
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
Reno Bike Project Winding Up!
We still have a few minor loose ends to finish up, but today we finally can say we have completed our Reno Bike Project, project. Amazing what we got done when we got some consistent time to work the last … Continue reading
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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
Come Join Me On WOW2 Tonight!
Women of Web 2.0, Cheryl Oakes, Jennifer Wagner, Sharon Peters, & Vicki Davis have asked me to be a guest tonight on their live webcast. On their web site they describe themselves as: “…four women who not only love using … Continue reading
My First Blog Post
Well I missed my blogs birthday a few weeks ago – So belated Happy Birthday blog! Here is my first post: Why Field Trips, Technology and Project Based Learning? Sunday, March 5th, 2006 Why Field Trips and technology and project … Continue reading