by Brian | Nov 14, 2025 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Making, Messy Learning
The “Test and Punish” era of education mainstreamed by the “No Child Left Behind Act” of 2002 is ongoing, but because of initiatives like STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) room has been made for some important curriculum pieces to return. Ironically we...
by Brian | Oct 28, 2021 | Education, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
During my classroom experience with “hands-on” project/problem based learning I would often hear from colleagues, “The product is not as important as the process.” I think there is truth to that, but during my years of observing / facilitating numerous projects I...
by Brian | Oct 21, 2021 | Blogging, Brian Crosby, Education, Messy Learning
June 24, 2020, that is the last time I posted here. Well over a year ago! That was not the plan. That date happens to coincide with the fact that after 32 years as a classroom teacher (mostly upper elementary and middle school grades) and 8 years as the “STEM Learning...
by Brian | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Pyramid Lake, Nevada on the right, Lake Tahoe in upper left from about 27,000 meters (90,000 feet). Note the thin blue line of Earth’s atmosphere and the dark of space above. Despite weather and other conditions that delayed the 2020 launch of the High Hopes...
by Brian | Jun 3, 2020 | Blogging, Brian Crosby, Education, Project Based, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Last week James Kapptie, a middle and high school tech trainer in Wyoming, contacted me about having a conversation on his blog about connecting students during this time. He posted the conversation we collaborated on through a Google Doc on his blog Our Children Are...
