by Brian | Dec 22, 2006 | Blogging, Brian Crosby, Education, Field Trips, Student Access, Technology
Doug at Borderland sucked me into this: 1. I was going to be a professional photographer – I had been accepted to a photography school when I was asked by a friend to shoot publicity photos at the Outdoor Education camp he ran for 6 to 16 year olds. I went...
by Brian | Dec 19, 2006 | 1:1, Blogging, Change, Education, Messy Learning, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0
I got a Blogmeister account set up and had my students upload their first posts today (Thanks again Dave!). We have several finished pieces already, so hopefully by the end of the week we will have several posts going. I’m hoping to get them to finish writing posts...
by Brian | Dec 16, 2006 | Blogging, Change, Education, Messy Learning, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0
Note: this is a continuation of an earlier post about using SKYPE to include a student that has been assigned to my class that has leukemia and can’t attend school because of the effects of her chemotherapy. The plan is to have a computer/web cam at her house so...
by Brian | Dec 10, 2006 | 1:1, Blogging, Change, Education, Messy Learning, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology
Two weeks ago we passed out our newly “batteried†(I know … no such word) Key Lime iBooks (about 7 years old). Since then my fourth graders have learned how to get them out of the carts, started-up, onto the web, start-up Appleworks, save, access Flickr,...
by Brian | Dec 7, 2006 | Blogging, Change, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology
About a month ago I was called to the office at my school (no I wasn’t in trouble) and I was informed that I was getting a new fourth grade student – not unusual at an “At Risk” school. Several years ago I had 21 changes in my classroom in one...
by Brian | Dec 1, 2006 | Blogging, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Student Access, Technology
. Just before the cable car began its journey it rocked slightly when some sort of release was pulled, and a squeal erupted from the fourth graders – but it quickly diminished and then was soon followed by “ahhs†as the car lurched and then smoothly soared...
