NSTA 2013
I'm in San Antonio, Texas, this week to attend the National Science Teachers Association conference. I might help during a presentation or 2, but other than that I get to be a conference attendee without many commitments to be...
STEM in the Connected Classroom
I was gone to Boston last week to an "Engineering is Elementary" training so I was remiss in sharing my newest post at the "Voices from the Learning Revolution" blog. The post is entitled "Going Deep: STEM in the Connected Classroom." It's my brief attempt at...
Help make sense of this (Updated)
UPDATE 2/12/2013: I've had several responses to this post through Twitter and face to face that have used logic to make their point. I totally agree this is nonsense, but I'm looking for written or spoken authority that has clout ... something I've missed so far in...
Trout In The Classroom
Trout in the Classroom from Nevada Department of Wildlife on Vimeo. One of the more engaging aspects of my job is supporting teachers doing science in their classrooms. Today I helped deliver trout eggs to 2 fourth grade classrooms at Caughlin...
Hand Held Windmills – Messy Learning At Its Finest
A few weeks back I posted about a training we did with teachers using windmills and wind turbines. This past week Lou Loftin and I were the show at a local school's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Night designed to get families fired up about STEM...
6 Year Anniversary – If A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, What Is A Video Worth?
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 their...
STEM Education – What Could/Should That Look Like?
As I started my new job as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) facilitator for six counties in northern Nevada not long ago, one of my first self assigned tasks has been to clarify just what being a STEM school (or its other itinerations STEAM and STREAM...
Being Transparent When Things Get Messy
Last week while I was at our state science and math conference down in Las Vegas, I used Google Hangout and Todaysmeet to participate in a discussion about our book "Making Connections With Blogging" with a group of teachers in San Diego. Adina Sullivan led the...
Long Winded Morning
I got to spend the morning Monday in Gardnerville, Nevada, working with elementary and middle school teachers exploring wind energy. The Carson Range in early morning light, Gardnerville, Nevada. I was helping Lou Loftin, the Science...
Writing Experience Made In The Heavens
NASA just announced that the Mars rover Curiosity has made an important discovery. "One for the history books" they say. So what is it? They're not saying for a week or more. Why aren't they saying? NBC News, Space.com, NPR Think of the writing pieces your student...