So Simple A Child Could Do It? Or, It Doesn’t Have To Be Hard To Be Good!
I've been part of some incredible, and even complicated projects that have utilized combinations of Google Docs, Wikis, Blogs and on and on (we're part of one now - more on that another time) and have involved students across the country and around the world. But...
Repost of TEDxDenverED
I've had a flurry of requests ... well um ... several (3) readers that suggested I post a link to my TEDxDenverEd Talk Last summer - so here it is:
Leaving Their Mark – Redux
At TEDxNYED, Alan November kicked off the event with his "TALK" - Who Owns The Learning? where he asks, "Are your students leaving a legacy?" It's a very worthwhile 15 minutes. While watching him that day I thought back to this post on my blog from 2 years ago,...
My TEDxNYED Talk – Posted
Several weeks ago I had the honor of taking the stage on the 40th floor of 7 World Trade Center in New York to participate in TEDxNYED, "... an all-day conference focusing on empowering innovation in education, ... being held in New York City on Saturday, March 5,...
Shuttle Launch Experience – What Are The Possibilities For Student Learning?
In my last post I shared that I have this fantastic opportunity to watch the Space Shuttle Endeavour launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida next month. One of the ways this new pedagogy changes things is in how my students can be included in my trip. If I...
I Might Be Going To Launch Of The Space Shuttle Endeavour
NASA informed me Yesterday that I had been chosen to attend the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on April 19, 2011 as part of their @NASATweetup program. I get to go and Tweet out my experience ... and according to their website: "The Tweetup will provide @NASA...
Long Distance Writing Assignments
Last week when I was in New York I managed to send my students a writing assignment. I've done this before from China. It is not hard to do, but it's fun for the students and anything that motivates them to write ... I'm for that! I was waiting for a train and took...
More TEDxNYED
I think I've spent just about an hour (maybe more) for every minute of my TEDxNYED talk (I get 15 minutes) ... I think that is ridiculous at one level ... but REALLY, I'm not complaining on the other. As a preview I will say that I'm trying to spread the word about a...
TEDxNYED – The Pressure Is On
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, almost...
Transparency
I love this quote from the TV show "The West Wing." Based on a real Mars landing gone awry, CJ Cregg implores the President to still do a live TV broadcast with scientists and school children even though the spaceship has crashed due to a mistake in the math that...