by Brian | Jan 27, 2013 | Change, Education, Messy Learning, STEM
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...
by Brian | Jan 26, 2013 | Blogging, Brian Crosby, Education, Messy Learning, Podcast, Project Based, Technology, Wikis
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...
by Brian | Jan 9, 2013 | Cooperative Learning, Education, Messy Learning
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...
by Brian | Nov 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Brian | Oct 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Click on the image below to watch the video (about 1 minute in length). My wife and I took our dog for a walk in the Tahoe Meadows above Lake Tahoe (about 8,500 feet elevation) – (see the Flickr Set of the photos and more videos HERE) We decided to stop in the...
