by Brian | Jul 3, 2016 | 3D Printing, Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
I shared on Twitter not long ago, “The good news is I got a grant! The bad news is I got a grant!” There is too much truth in that dichotomy, but in spite of all the extra work and rules and policies and bids and other “red tape” to be dealt...
by Brian | Feb 21, 2016 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, High Hopes Project, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I announced the NASA Pathway to Space class for teachers about a month ago: “Starting next week a team of educators (including me) will be providing a class for local teachers of grades 3rd – 12th which will include hands-on training in building and flying...
by Brian | Feb 13, 2016 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
In my last post, where I tried out including an art component to this powerful engineering problem with cantilevers on teachers, I explained that as soon as I could try it out with students I would get back about how it worked. Fortunately one of the teachers in that...
by Brian | Jan 31, 2016 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Messy Learning, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I announced in my previous post about my upcoming involvement in a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ART and Math) day at the Nevada Museum of Art. I was trying out a new idea to integrate art into what before had been strictly a STEM (Science, Technology,...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2016 | 1:1, Blogging, Change, Education, Grace Corrigan, Inclusion, Literacy, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I’ve seen numerous “tweets” today, on the 30th anniversary of the event, from people sharing where they were when they witnessed or heard about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. I was teaching 7th grade in Oakland, California, and our principal...
by Brian | Jan 22, 2016 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, High Hopes Project, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Starting next week a team of educators (including me) will be providing a class for local teachers of grades 3 – 12 which will include hands-on training in building and flying drones, rockets, planes and designing payloads which we will then launch on a high...