by Brian | Sep 1, 2014 | Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Technology
Note: If after reading this post you decide to participate leave your “High Hopes” Here. Doug Taylor and I started the High Hopes Project back in 2010, when we were both teaching 4th grade. Doug had seen this article about MIT students sending a styrofoam...
by Brian | Sep 1, 2014 | Cooperative Learning, Education, Field Trips, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Technology
From a Press Release today: “900 Students from northwest Nevada will descend on Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno, site of the Great Reno Balloon Race, on Friday, September 5, 2014, to launch their own hot air balloons which they designed and constructed from...
by Brian | Aug 16, 2014 | Blogging, Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Field Trips, Inclusion, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Project Wet, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Web 2.0, Wikis
3 weeks ago we participated in the Nevada Tahoe Teacher STEM Institute. Over 50 K – 9 teachers from all over Nevada came to the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, for a week of STEM learning. The...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2014 | 1:1, 3D Printing, Blogging, Change, Coding, Cooperative Learning, Cyberbullying, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Messy Learning, Project Based, Reform, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Why should education leaders embrace digital technologies in their schools? 1) If you are in a state that adopted the “Common Core State Standards” (CCSS) you really don’t have a choice. There are many (yes many) English Language Arts standards...
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...
