by Brian | Jun 26, 2014 | Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
So after last week’s debacle … we learned to be patient and wait for better wind conditions. Here’s the short version of what happened. We inflated on the beach at DL Bliss State Park: Paddle boarded the balloon out where the clear water of...
by Brian | Jun 17, 2014 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I’ve been “Tweeting” out from time to time lately about our latest “High Hopes” balloon launch. This balloon launch is different from launches we’ve done in the past in that students are not directly involved … but this flight...
by Brian | Jun 3, 2014 | 3D Printing, Coding, Education, Messy Learning, STEM
I’ve known about 3D printers for quite awhile, but only though news reports and the occasional conversation. So once I got involved in building my own … then of course they were on my radar and I constantly notice them and hear about them … and...
by Brian | May 23, 2014 | Brian Crosby, Digital Video, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
Yeah, I know. Ball chain inquiry? Ball chain is that chain that keychains and the like have been made out of for years. I’ll bet some of you have seen this before – there are several videos online and “Mythbusters” included it in an episode....
by Brian | May 22, 2014 | 3D Printing, Change, Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Pavel Solin is an associate professor in the Applied Mathematics Department at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the founder of NCLab, an open public cloud computing platform that provides free web browser access to open source software related to computer modeling...
by Brian | May 11, 2014 | Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I’ll be heading out this Tuesday to New Orleans for the NSTA STEM Forum. On Thursday I’ll be presenting: “STEM What Does That Really Look Like In A Classroom.” It’s a presentation I’ve done a number of times in various versions....
by Brian | May 10, 2014 | 3D Printing, Change, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Yes, we we’re back at it today. Not everyone could make it, but there we’re 14 – 3D printers under construction today. A few folks even finished and got theirs printing. Some of us have missed possible work days so we are a bit behind, and next week...
by Brian | May 10, 2014 | 3D Printing, Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Last week I missed the Saturday class and 4 hours of time to work on my 3D printer. Fortunately they offered some extra time Friday night to work. So about 6 of us showed up and spent 3 to 4 hours. This all takes place in the University of Nevada, Reno,...
by Brian | May 1, 2014 | Blogging, Education, Student Access, Teacher Access, Uncategorized
A teacher that recently started a class blog in 4th grade (9 – 10 year olds) informed me that a parent had declined to sign the “permission slip” allowing their child to blog because, “They want to protect their child’s intellectual...
by Brian | Apr 27, 2014 | Blogging, Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
One of the challenges of my job as STEM Learning facilitator for 6 counties, has been that some of those counties (school districts here are by county, so every county is it’s own school district) have very restrictive online access policies … meaning they...
