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Category Archives: Project Based
So Our Goal Was To Make A Difference With Web 2.0 – Will We Succeed?
As someone who embraced technology as a learning tool early on (my first classroom computer was a 64K Apple ll – not even a lle) I’m right there with many in the edblogosphere that have come to the conclusion that … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Email, Inclusion, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0
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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
How To Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century
Time Magazine – How To Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century by Claudia Wallis and Sonja Steptoe You’ve probably already read this article (and if you haven’t you should – here’s the link), or have read about this … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Education, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
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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
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
Let’s Re-Visit-”Working, Breathing, Reproducible, Intriguing Models”
I haven’t posted in awhile – been one of those convergences of report cards, parent conferences, inservices, family activities, etc. I have several posts in the works – might even get to one today or tomorrow. In the meantime I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
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What’s Happened To Meaningful, Instructive, Constructive, Respectful Discussion?
I have been a contributor to a discussion about the role of teachers, styles of teaching and accountability on another blogger’s blog this past week. It is unfortunate that the discussion became just another example of how discourse has become … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Brian Crosby, Change, Education, Literacy, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
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Constructive Learning Is …
An interesting discussion at Borderland inspired this – feel free to add your comments: Constructive learning is learning about something you had no intention of learning about because of what you did or are doing to produce something. You learn … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperative Learning, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based
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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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Society May Be Willing To Invest In Children If They Are Seen As An Immediate Value To Society
We of the edbloggosphere have bemoaned the snail’s pace progress in educational change. One of the issues I believe is that kids are perceived by society as only having the potential to contribute to society sometime in the future. If … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
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