by Brian | Feb 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
I know this isn’t that big a deal to some out there, but this is still new to most so I’m sharing it here. BECAUSE I have built a network of people with an education focus over time, interesting opportunities arise. Today my students went to music the last...
by Brian | Feb 25, 2009 | Education
Tonight (Wednesday, about 5:15 Pacific standard time) about half my class will be able to make it to and be involved in Technology Cafe 2009, which is being held in the Red Mountain Building on the campus of Truckee Meadows Community College here in Reno, Nevada....
by Brian | Feb 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Just another way to get my students to practice their critical reading skills. From our Class Blog:  My Blog Post of the Week!” Award       So that we are practicing reading critically we are each going to find a blog post that we choose as our...
by Brian | Feb 13, 2009 | Education
I was going to do this later in the year (and still might as a follow-up), but based on questions I’ve been getting lately and a local Educational Technology event my students will be attending soon, I had my students write to an imaginary class thinking about...
by Brian | Feb 6, 2009 | Student Access
After we had about 40 laptops stolen last year we decided to make stealing them less desirable by painting on them. So if in the future you see a laptop with a design like this on it … let me know! ; ) Learning is messy!Blogged with the Flock...
by Brian | Feb 6, 2009 | Education
Not that I think what they call it really matters, but Arne Duncan, the new Secretary of Education, is thinking about re-branding the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. Maybe if nothing else a new name could set the tone? Anyhow, he wants ideas – as quoted in a US...
by Brian | Feb 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
(PixUp) Originally uploaded by BCrosby One of the benefits of having students blog is that they build an archive of their work. Today I had my students find an earlier post to “remixâ€. If they were in our class in 4th grade, they had to choose a post from 4th...
by Brian | Feb 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Even though my students have been blogging for 1 to 3 years, most started out way behind in their English and writing skills. Over half the students in my class have parents that did not graduate from elementary school, and about a third never made it past 3rd grade....
