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Category Archives: Field Trips
A New Horizon?
Dave and Will and others have recently posted about sensing a new attitude towards education. They experience that change while mainly talking to large groups attending conferences – conferences that are going to draw folks that probably already share their … Continue reading
Top 5 of the Year
The top 5 most read posts in my first 10 months blogging at Learning Is Messy: . . . 1) Paper, Pencils and Books May Not Boost Student Achievement 2) Too Much Time For Change To Happen? 3) Hoping To … Continue reading
5 Things You Wish You Did Or Didn’t Know About Me Meme
Doug at Borderland sucked me into this: 1. I was going to be a professional photographer … I had been accepted to a photography school when I was asked by a friend to shoot publicity photos at the Outdoor Education … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Brian Crosby, Education, Field Trips, Student Access, Technology
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Hoping To Make a “Web 2.0″ Difference In A Child’s Life
About a month ago I was called to the office at my school (no I wasn’t in trouble) and I was informed that I was getting a new fourth grade student – not unusual at an “At Risk” school. Several … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology
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Our “Squaw†Experience
. Just before the cable car began its journey it rocked slightly when some sort of release was pulled, and a squeal erupted from the fourth graders – but it quickly diminished and then was soon followed by “ahhs†as … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Student Access, Technology
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So Much Learning To Do – But So Little Time
Tuesday we embark on our second field trip of the year. As reported in my last post, we will be traveling to Squaw Valley to ride the Cable Car so we can get pictures, video and personal observations of landforms. … Continue reading
1:1 – A Beginning
Wednesday I passed out a seven year old Key Lime Green Apple iBook computer to each of my 26 fourth graders (27 actually, but more on that at a later time). The new batteries finally came in last Thursday – … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Education, Field Trips, Student Access, Technology
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Report: Technology in Schools: What the Research Says
I have used this blog on several occasions, and others in the edblogosphere have used their blogs to ask where the examples and research are that support integrating tech into the school curriculum? I have my own experience to tell … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Email, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
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Another Powerful, Easy, Way Cool, “Messy” Experience!
I just got done being an active participant in Wes Fryer’s presentation at the Mid-America Technology Institute – 2006 in Kansas … and I never left my family room in Reno, Nevada. I responded to Wes’s questions, role-played with an … Continue reading
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