by Brian | May 22, 2014 | 3D Printing, Change, Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Pavel Solin is an associate professor in the Applied Mathematics Department at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the founder of NCLab, an open public cloud computing platform that provides free web browser access to open source software related to computer modeling...
by Brian | May 10, 2014 | 3D Printing, Change, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Yes, we we’re back at it today. Not everyone could make it, but there we’re 14 – 3D printers under construction today. A few folks even finished and got theirs printing. Some of us have missed possible work days so we are a bit behind, and next week...
by Brian | Apr 27, 2014 | Blogging, Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
One of the challenges of my job as STEM Learning facilitator for 6 counties, has been that some of those counties (school districts here are by county, so every county is it’s own school district) have very restrictive online access policies … meaning they...
by Brian | Apr 26, 2014 | 3D Printing, Brian Crosby, Change, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
A few days ago I posted about being part of a class for teachers and educators where we build a 3D printer and learn to use it and the keep it to use with our students and teachers. Today we were given the entire 3-4 hours to just get back to work assembling our...
by Brian | Nov 14, 2013 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based
Background on Cantilever Spans (click on any photos in post to see enlarged) We participated in a school’s Family STEM/Science Night recently, which always ends up being a kick. Having families participate...
by Brian | Nov 3, 2013 | Change, Education, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based, Reform, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I’ve been fortunate enough to teach in a school district that blocks very little – blogs, Twitter, Flickr, wiki’s, YouTube, Cover-It-Live, and more are all open. FaceBook and the obvious porn and other sites are blocked. However in my job as STEM...
