by Brian | Feb 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
So in a week I will be jetting across the country, weather permitting, to New York to do my 15 minutes on stage at TEDxNYED. Based on a few Tweets and emails from the last week, I’ve been relieved to learn I’m not the only one in deep, nay, in my case,...
by Brian | Feb 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
NOTE: The pending blizzard hitting the central US and soon the east coast made me think of this post from 2 years ago. It was written in response to the H1N1 flu epidemic that was hitting at the time – and the experience this last week at the EDuCon conference...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
On this 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster I’m sharing an incredible experience from the past. My classroom was “graced” by Christa McAuliffe’s Mom, Grace Corrigan. Note that since this post we have also posted videos of...
by Brian | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Four years ago, January 24, 2007, was the first day we Skyped into our classroom a classmate that couldn’t attend school because she had leukemia and the side effects from the chemo therapy she was receiving made it impossible for her to attend school. Through...
by Brian | Nov 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
So I wrote this recently after a strenuous day at school … then coming home to see several posts on blogs and web sites that raised my ire: ” ‘Discussion’ About Ed Reform is Just like a Political Ad… Maybe Worse” If you...
by Brian | Oct 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
I often feel I post lesson ideas after we’ve just done them – too late for others’ if they are seasonal. So for once I thought I’d try to give you some time. Here is a post from 3 years ago about an incredible project we did about the history...
