by Brian | Mar 11, 2011 | Blogging, Literacy
Last week when I was in New York I managed to send my students a writing assignment. I’ve done this before from China. It is not hard to do, but it’s fun for the students and anything that motivates them to write … I’m for that! I was waiting...
by Brian | Dec 2, 2010 | 1:1, ActivBoard, Blogging, Brian Crosby, Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Inclusion, Literacy, Messy Learning, Podcast, Project Based, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Twitter, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
A few weeks ago, after many attempts trying to find a time we could all make, Mark and Shawn at The Tightwad Tech managed to coral Lisa Parisi and myself across timezones long enough to interview us about how we utilize a changed pedagogy utilizing tech (usually for...
by Brian | Sep 10, 2010 | 1:1, Blogging, Education, Literacy, Student Access
So a new year is upon us! I have rolled my last class of 4th graders to fifth grade as I usually do. I have 25 students – 19 returners from last year (the others moved) and 6 newbies. We used to give the state or district writing test in 4th, 5th and 6th grade....
by Brian | Apr 21, 2010 | 1:1, Blogging, Inclusion, Literacy
My 4th graders are mostly second language learners and on IEP’s so they need lots of practice using correct English, punctuation and spelling. Since we blog, Skype, make wiki pages and more, I believe constantly exposing them to the ethics, safety and respect...
by Brian | Apr 14, 2010 | Blogging, Literacy, National Writing Project, WritingFix
Some will say this is so obvious that it goes without saying … and I would tend to agree, but I think it’s one of those studies that allows us something to point at with authority to those that don’t get it. From the National Writing Project web...
by Brian | May 22, 2009 | 1:1, Blogging, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
We still have a few minor loose ends to finish up, but today we finally can say we have completed our Reno Bike Project, project. Amazing what we got done when we got some consistent time to work the last two weeks (although we took three required assessment tests...
