by Brian | Jun 24, 2006 | Blogging, Change, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
in this day of testing, programmed/scripted teaching what we are missing is the passion. How do you consistently get students revved-up if you are not excited about what you are teaching? When you think back at your own school experience and recall your favorite...
by Brian | Jun 19, 2006 | Blogging, Brian Crosby, Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Email, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
There is much rumination in the edblogosphere about what education and schools should look like in this way or that. Kids should be blogging, using web 2.0 applications (Wikis, podcasts, Flickr, the flavor-of-the-week app), in conjuction with project-based,...
by Brian | Jun 15, 2006 | Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
I mentioned in an earlier post that some of the most important learning that happens isn’t part of your lesson plan because you can’t account for everything that MIGHT happen during a project. Here are some recent examples from our most recent video project. One...
by Brian | Jun 15, 2006 | Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
Diatoms, 3500x magnification, taken with scanning electron microscope, University of Nevada, Reno – by John Kevin McCormack When I was first exposed to the idea of having students do project work, I remember the presenters saying that it was the process that was...
by Brian | Jun 12, 2006 | Blogging, Digital Video, Education, Email, Literacy, Student Access, Technology
The following was written in response to Will Richardson’s request for a message to parents about safe and appropriate technology use: Paper and pencils can be used to draw inappropriate, hate filled, pictures messages and ideas – and you could poke...
by Brian | Jun 11, 2006 | Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Project Based, Student Access, Technology
My class finished our latest video project on the last day of school (Wednesday). We were under such a time crunch that groups were literally doing voiceover work the last day as we also moved my stuff to the room I’ll be in next year. We started the project in...
