Monthly Archives: June 2006

Response to llary52

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Brian

llary52 left a comment on David Warlick’s 2 Cents Worth blog about the flexibility NCLB gives states in the way they assess students. NCLB allows all kinds of assessment – just not the assessments that are the most valuable for … Continue reading →

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What Would You Say To Margaret Spellings?

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Brian

In the July/August edition of Edutopia’s “Sage Advice” section they ask the question: You’re sitting next to U.S. education secretary Margaret Spellings at a dinner party. What do you say to her? My response – Ms. Spellings in a speech … Continue reading →

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Have Too Many Lost The Passion?

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Brian

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 →

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One of the Best Investments We Could Make!

Posted on June 22, 2006 by Brian

One of the biggest mistakes we made in this country was when we cut school sports programs – especially elementary school sports programs. When I was in elementary school, starting in fourth grade, we had after-school team sports – baseball, … Continue reading →

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Change – Start a Ripple

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Brian

Miguel Guhlin in his post Pearls On A String, approaches the issue of initiating education reform by advocating for change in each one of us as opposed to trying to – “effect change across complex organizations.” I agree. At this … Continue reading →

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Your Child’s Dream Best School Day – What Does It Look Like? What Should It Be?

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Brian

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 →

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Messy Learning Examples

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Brian

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 →

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No Time For… _________________ ?

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Brian

Wes Fryer’s post “No Time For Technology In High Schools” follows up other tirades he has made about no time for recess and other areas now deemed “less important.” He states: NO TIME. No time for projects, no time for … Continue reading →

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Some of the Messy Parts of learning – Or What We Did After Testing

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Brian

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 →

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So As Parents and Educators We Monitor and Teach Ethical, Appropriate, Safe Use

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Brian

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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