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 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...
by Brian | May 28, 2020 | Education, High altitude ballooning, High Hopes Project, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, The High Hopes Project
From a past High Hopes mission over 90,000 feet above Nevada. That’s Lake Tahoe on the left. At this altitude the balloon is in “near space” above 98% of the Earth’s atmosphere. Note the thin blue line of the atmosphere and the dark of space...
by Brian | Oct 2, 2019 | Change, Coding, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Inclusion, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, Reform, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Uncategorized
My wife and I were fortunate to travel to Africa this past summer. Our itinerary included Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. We were notified by most of the listed countries when we applied for tourist visas that we were not to bring plastic bags into the...
