by Brian | Aug 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last Friday my wife and I were invited up to Galena Creek Park just outside of Reno, Nevada, to participate in a program designed to inform the general public and educators about the learning opportunities provided there by the Great Basin Institute. In addition we...
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 | Mar 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
In the past few weeks we have witnessed Winter Olympic medal winners and participants receiving their medals and much deserved national media coverage, parades, expanded media interviews, front page articles and lengthy news reports. When they arrive home they are met...
by Brian | Mar 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today I connected with my friend Wes Fryer, a fellow STEM teacher, to have a conversation about STEM learning and to share some of the projects my students have participated in in the past. We also touched on the definition of STEM and what it is NOT. Wes has started...
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 | Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
This snuck up on me this year. THIS happened 6 years ago now when we Skyped a classmate into our class most days … a student that had leukemia and couldn’t attend school because of the chemo therapy. We still get contacted about it. 4th graders sharing...
