by Brian | Aug 13, 2006 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education
Before about 8 years ago some of us recognized that a student raised in poverty (both of money and/or spirit) or in an environment of fear and upheaval was probably just not going to be focused on school, and would very often be a negative, distracted, distractive...
by Brian | Aug 12, 2006 | Change, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
One of my first experiences with tech being thought of as the end all, be all, happened about 20 years ago. I was teaching 6th grade at a very high-income public school in California. Being a new teacher at the school the other teachers were explaining to me how...
by Brian | Aug 11, 2006 | Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
One of the most popular posts (judging by the number of comments it received) on this young blog (6 months old) was Working, Breathing, Reproducible, Intriguing Models – where I lamented the seeming lack of good models of project/problem based learning supported...
by Brian | Aug 7, 2006 | Change, Education, Student Access, Technology
I spent 3 days last week being trained, along with about 20 other elementary teachers in my school district, in using a Promethean ACTIVboard. My classroom was picked to be the model classroom for this pilot so an ACTIVboard and ceiling mounted projector were...
by Brian | Jul 27, 2006 | Blogging, Change, Education, Messy Learning, Student Access, Technology
I am reprising this post since the vote about Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) is happening soon. See David Warlick’s blog to get contact info to contact representatives about their vote. Paper and pencils can be used to draw inappropriate, hate filled,...
by Brian | Jul 15, 2006 | Blogging, Change, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
Will Richardson posted today about his experience at SLA this week – it ties in with David Warlick’s post from yesterday about what he heard about teachers in China teaching less and planning more. From Will’s blog: It was the last day of an 8-day intensive...
