by Brian | Oct 17, 2013 | Brian Crosby, Literacy, Messy Learning
I recently happened across this piece I wrote in 2002 for a writing class, in fact my Northern Nevada Writing Project class, about my experiences during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and its aftermath. (Side note – Corbett Harrison who is co- genius behind...
by Brian | Sep 27, 2013 | Change, Education, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
In my travels I’ve recently heard some interesting, if not disheartening tales. Several teachers I met shared being at a school board meeting where a school board member told about visiting middle and high schools and being appalled at seeing students using...
by Brian | Sep 11, 2013 | Education, Reform, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I noted to a local education reporter here that their Twitter follows included basically zero (or only VERY few) educators – almost all politicians and other media people and neo-reformers (Rhee, Broad, Students First, etc.). To their credit...
by Brian | Aug 28, 2013 | Blogging, Brian Crosby, Education, Literacy, Making Connections With Blogging, Student Access
Over the years I’ve posted about lessons and activities I’ve used successfully to start off the year. Here are some of them in case they help: 1) “Getting To Know You” is how I started my year with my students that not only was successful and...
by Brian | Jun 22, 2013 | Blogging, Change, Education, ISTE13
Just spent the day at what used to be called EduBloggerCon (and a few other iterations over the years). As always great folks having conversations about where education could / should be going. Now I’m actually sitting in the Bloggers’ Cafe at the...
by Brian | May 15, 2013 | Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Teacher Access, Twitter
Or: “Why many educators find Twitter and other social networks indispensable.” I’m currently attending the NSTA STEM Forum and Expo in St. Louis. Last night while taking a class on using telescopes in the classroom, not far from my house in Nevada I...
by Brian | May 13, 2013 | Education, Reform
When I visited an elementary school today I saw this on the door to the computer lab: Learning is messy!
by Brian | May 8, 2013 | Brian Crosby, Cooperative Learning, Education, Field Trips, Inclusion, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
NOTE: This post was originally published at the Voices from the learning revolution blog. “Everybody in this room understands that our nation’s success depends on strengthening America’s role as the world’s engine of discovery and innovation. And that leadership...
by Brian | May 8, 2013 | Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Video Skype
Today was one of those great days when I get to work in classrooms … 3 fourth grade classes … 2 of them in the same school I visited, and 1 class 2,000 miles away. First I helped set up a “Mystery Skype” call with a class in Illinois so they...
by Brian | Apr 12, 2013 | Digital Video, Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Web 2.0
I’ve been busy of late. This week is the NSTA conference, but last week I was included in a team being trained to be part of a project funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) called RECON – Research and Education Cooperative Occultation...
