by Brian | Sep 5, 2019 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Making, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Last year I was part of a team funded by the Nevada Governor’s Office of Science, Innovation and Technology to provide the first Engineering Fellows Program for 5th grade teachers. The model learning sequence we started the program with was about the issue of...
by Brian | Dec 11, 2018 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, High altitude ballooning, High Hopes Project, Making, Messy Learning, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, The High Hopes Project, Uncategorized
I’m going to try and catch up on some long past due posts about the High Hopes Project. Last June we launched from Virginia City High School in Nevada. I posted about the preparation for the launch which will give you good background on the payloads students...
by Brian | Dec 7, 2018 | Blogging, Brian Crosby, Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, Podcast, Reform, Skypecast, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Twitter, Video Skype
Dean Shareski posted this to Twitter (SM = Social Media): Read the thread of comments (it’s worth a minute or 2) by following the link. I’ve written a bit about this before, and ironically that post from 8 years ago also involved Dean (Who’da...
by Brian | Nov 29, 2018 | Change, Education, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Uncategorized
I am part of a team that is facilitating the “Nevada Engineering Fellows Program” for 5th grade teachers in Nevada. The funding for the program came from the Nevada Governor’s Office of Science Innovation & Technology. A major goal of the program...
by Brian | Nov 13, 2018 | Change, Education, Field Trips, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, Reform, STEAM, STEM, Student Access
From the NSTA Position Paper on Elementary Science: “High-quality elementary science education is essential for establishing a sound foundation of learning in later grades, instilling a wonder of and enthusiasm for science that lasts a lifetime, and in...
by Brian | Nov 7, 2018 | Change, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM
In my work with teachers on assessing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) I find one of the toughest shifts for them to make is to develop tasks that are meaningful and really worth diving into. The NGSS are performance based standards that are very different...
