Year
2007 in review
256 posts across 12 months.
December 2007
13 posts- The First of ManyWell, I have to start off the official Learning is Change blog with something good. I can’t go from Discourse about Discourse, a blog and podcast…
- 12.19.07Core 1: Prepare-on: Arrange desks Talk about filter issues. Do any last minute preparation Host the debate. Judge’s Decision Extension: Reflect on…Lesson Plans
- My students are known for…May 28, 2007 10:26PM This is the first podcast that I have done on my new MacBook and I was used GarageBand rather than ChapterToolMe in order to…
- 12.18.07Core 1: Prepare-on: Arrange desks Talk about uStream Do any last minute preparation Host the debate, Stream the Debate. Judge’s Decision…Lesson Plans
- 12.17.07Core 1: Write-on: How does a debate influence the fate of a nation? Watch presidential debates from the past forty years. What has changed and…Lesson Plans
- Discourse about Discourse: Educasts ArchiveAs I am moving everything over from Podomatic and Edublogs, I thought it only appropriate that I combine the podcasts I have done in the past into…
- 12.13.07Core 1: Prepare-on: Arrange desks Talk about uStream Do any last minute preparation Host the debate, Stream the Debate. Judge’s Decision…Lesson Plans
- Learning 2.0: A Colorado ConversationThis is what I have been working on with a few of the greatest educational technologists in the great state of Colorado (in my opinion only You…
- 12.11.07Core 1: Prepare-on: Arrange desks Talk about backchannel Do any last minute preparation Host the debate, Stream the Debate. Judge’s Decision…Lesson Plans
- 12.07.07Core 1: Today is a research and organization day. I will not be talking at you a whole lot. What I will be doing, however, is talking with you,…Lesson Plans
- 12.05.07Core 1: Write-on: What is the one thing that has gone differently for you in your second essay, as opposed to your first essay? Share a few good…Lesson Plans
- 12.04.07Core 1: Brainstorming Write-on: How will you know which points to refute in which ways while the debate is going on? What is a Flow Sheet? What…Lesson Plans
- 12.3.07Core 1: Select-on: Read your thesis statement options to three other students. Have them rate the statement based upon three criteria: Provability…Lesson Plans
November 2007
33 posts- 11.30.07Cores 1-4: Take the spelling bee written exam. Cores 1+4: Discuss your second multi-cultural novel using the handout as a guide. Extensions: Write…Lesson Plans
- The company I keep now…I’m not sure how many people truly mean it when they say it, but I am truly honored by my inclusion in the Most Influential Blog Post category of…
- links for 2007-11-29Teacher Professional Development and Teacher Resources by Annenberg Media Great resource for teachers and students in an online setting (lessons,…
- 11.29.07Core 4: Solved: Online schools provide a more authentic learning environment than traditional ones. Your 30-Minute-Expert Resources link is here.…Lesson Plans
- links for 2007-11-28Welcome to the Apple IIgs Educational Retrospective Slamdunk Interesting repository of educational programs for the Apple II (tags: AppleII…
- 11.28.07Core 1: Write-on: What is the benefit of defending a position you do not personally believe in within a formal debate? Choose-on: On a notecard,…Lesson Plans
- links for 2007-11-27Logical Fallacies: The Fallacy Files An amazing resource for logical fallacies. (tags: fallacies debate) Free WordPress Themes – Kate’s Theme…
- 11.27.07Core 1: Vote-on: Which of the following debate topics will be the student selected debate? Solved: New Orleans should be relocated. Solved: The…Lesson Plans
- links for 2007-11-26Install WordPress on Your Own Hosted Server – Beyond School | Beyond School (tags: WordPress MakeYourBlog/WikiBetter) H I T – Hokanson’s…
- 11.26.07Core 1: Write-on: If I told you that there were three elements of any good argument, what would they be called? Create a workable acronym for them…Lesson Plans
- links for 2007-11-24Job Search Results [ISTE Career Center] Jobs in the edtech sector (tags: edtech jobsearch) Ed. Tech./E-Learning Job Board Forums Job board for…
- links for 2007-11-23Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Free Twitter tutorial on Viddler A way of introducing Twitter to someone else. (tags: Twitter tutorials…
- links for 2007-11-22gOS – Discover a good OS. Live CD of GoodOS (google enhanced). (tags: livecd Linux opensource google os)
- links for 2007-11-21Interesting Snippets – a photoset on Flickr A photoset of interesting photos with provocative statements about the state of the internet and…
- 11.20.07Core 1: Solved: Online schools provide a more authentic learning environment than traditional ones. Your 30-Minute-Expert Resources link is here.…Lesson Plans
- 11.16.07Core 1 Write-on: Why do libraries matter? Read the two contrasting articles on censorship in libraries. What facts do these two articles use in…Lesson Plans
- 11.15.07Core 1: Separate and Discuss-on: Split into your 4 categories of what you believe is the most important factor for determining success in life and…Lesson Plans
- 11.14.07Core 1: (We will be coming back to our discussion on Public Education tomorrow. Today will be the second of four 30-minute Expert blogging…Lesson Plans
- 11.13.07Core 1: Write-on: Is public education a privilege or a right? Read “The Case for Public Schools” by Horace Mann What key points does he raise…Lesson Plans
- 11.09.07Core 1: Discuss-on: Why would something be worth debating? Throw out ideas for debate. A 30-minute-expert blogging session on global censorship:…Lesson Plans
- 11.08.07Core 1: Draw-on: Draw a diagram of how you believe a debate should be run that will go along with what you wrote last night. Share out your…Lesson Plans
- 11.07.07Core 1: Write-on: Does music have the power to persuade? Discuss the Pied Piper of Hamelin questions: How can music create changes in the ways…Lesson Plans
- Why should students come to class?If my students can do the majority of their work with writing and reading online… If my students can receive all of their assignments online… If…
- Mini-Edublogger Meetup at VSS2007I would like to propose a meet-up for anyone who is blogging, podcasting, or tagging at VSS2007. Please comment on this post if you would like to…
- Evangelists for LearningPoint #1: “The people that complain are our best customers, not our worst.” –Jackie Huba In the keynote for NACOL VSS 2007: Jackie Huba, an…
- 11.05.07I am at NACOL’s VSS 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky today. Here are my sub plans. Cores 1-3: If you get stuck in your blogging today, please go here…Lesson Plans
- Without Community…This is my first time blogging from in on an airplane. My daughter, Isabelle, may be the cause of that. She is cleverly intriguing, so much so…
- Combined Word Dictionary Video PodcastsThis is our first attempt at a video podcast. Because not all of our students have agreed to have their pictures posted online (and because I hold…
- 11.02.07Core 1: Debrief-on? How many new words can we expect in our lexicon based upon your work with the Combined Word Dictionary. Record a few…Lesson Plans
- 101 Resources and Tools for Authentic LearningI have always shied away from making absolute lists of resources. They are dated a few months after they are penned. I much prefer the enigmatic,…
October 2007
30 posts- 10.31.07Core 1: Discuss-on: Do you have to organize the examples and quotations in your essay chronologically as the book has? Continue working on your…Lesson Plans
- The Complexity of Relationship Scale for MOVBassanio and Portia engage in a relationship based upon nothing but a look from one to the other. They are overcome with this psuedo-love. So much…Lesson Plans
- Imagery in Blogging (and Cell phones in the Classroom)As my students work more and more in the non-fiction realm due to their new found niches, they have a tendency to lose sight of just how…
- 10.30.07Core 1: Discuss-on: What makes a conclusion a good one? Check out some good feedback about revision. Continue working on your essay, perfecting it…Lesson Plans
- Cassie and OppressionThis poem is a response to the oppression that Cassie feels in the third chapter of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.I tremble and shake.I am huddled…Lesson Plans
- 10.29.07Core 1: Write-on: What is revision? Why are revisions made? Choose two revisions made in the Declaration of Independence and write out your theory…Lesson Plans
- Two New DocumentsI have been working on a couple new documents that make sense for the development of pedagogy and the future of education. You can find the links…
- A New PossibliityThis new possibility (which is now kind of old) is a total reversal of some of the things that I have consistently talked about and advocated for.…
- K12 Online: More than a conferenceMy daughter was born last October. So, I spent quite a bit of time keeping my daughter happy in the wee hours of the morning, sitting on a red…
- 10.26.07Core 1: Extended Write-on: Head over to the computer lab and continue your essay work. Please ask yourself the following questions as you write:…Lesson Plans
- The NicheMy students are amazing bloggers, but they mostly blog in class. They write about authentic topics (ones that they care about), but they don’t…
- Persuasive Speeches Part 1Please write your feedback for these speeches into the comments of this post.Lesson Plans
- MOV Podcasts Part 2Please comment these amazing Merchant of Venice 2 Minutes summary podcasts.Lesson Plans
- MOV Podcasts Part 1Please comment these amazing Merchant of Venice 2 Minutes summary podcasts.Lesson Plans
- 10.25.07Core 1: Act-on: Grab a laptop. Go onto morguefile.com and grab an image url for an image that represents your thesis. Start by searching for…Lesson Plans
- 10.24.07Core 1: Share-on: Share your 3 quotation rich examples of persuasion with one other person. Have your partner pick your best example and tell you…Lesson Plans
- 10.23.07Cores 1, 3, and 4: Discuss-on: What is the best way to add someone to your personal learning network? To show someone that you respect their…Lesson Plans
- 10.22.07Core 1: Quarter 2 question: How do we continually push the boundaries of what is possible? Watch what is possible when you don’t let the…Lesson Plans
- 10.11.07Core 1: Write-on: Take a look at your thesis. Is it provable? If so, how will you prove it? If not, rewrite or rethink it until it is provable.…Lesson Plans
- 10.10.07I was out today for a meeting about online learning environments. Here are my sub plans: 101007.doc You can also read about our discussions…Lesson Plans
- 10.09.07Core 1: Write-on: How do you prove something about a book? Just think about this question: What do you think that your change and persuasion notes…Lesson Plans
- Experience with SexismThe laughs, jeers, snickers and sidelong glances cut to the core. They didn’t need to say those things, to spout those stupid lines they learned…Lesson Plans
- 10.08.07Core 1: Write-on: Write out 5 questions you have (of all different levels) about the multi-cultural novels you have just finished. Discuss the…Lesson Plans
- 10.05.07Core 1: Write-on: In a blog post (across the hallway) reflect upon your first video conference experience with the students from D.C.. How did you…Lesson Plans
- 10.04.07Core 1: Prepare-on: You will be talking directly to the students from Washington D.C. today. You will be introducing yourself in the following…Lesson Plans
- 10.03.07Core 1: Write-on: Which is more effective at creating social change: Verbal persuasion or Written Persuasion? Why? Debrief from commenting on Mr.…Lesson Plans
- 10.01.07I will be out both today and tomorrow at the Colorado association for Gifted and Talented. I will be presenting tomorrow about The Academy of…Lesson Plans
September 2007
24 posts- The Academy Authentic ProcessRevision and feedback are the most essential elements of the Academy Authentic. If you have not revised your piece and you have not already…
- 09.26.07 and 09.27.07Cores 1-4: Discuss-on: What is the most meaningful feedback you have ever gotten (on writing, on playing a sport, or anything else)? Introduce…Lesson Plans
- 09.25.07Share-on: Reveal to at least two other people the progress of your persuasive weekend. Were you able to persuade your family/friend to do a piece…Lesson Plans
- The Act of CreationSometimes we get so caught up in creating the system and the environment for learning that we forget about the most important element of that…Lesson Plans
- 09.24.07Core 1: Share-on: Reveal to at least two other people the progress of your persuasive weekend. Were you able to persuade your family/friend to do…Lesson Plans
- 09.21.07Core 1: Write-on: How can the specific words that we use affect how persuasive we are in our writing or speaking? Continue working on “Tom Sawyer…Lesson Plans
- 09.20.07Core 1: Write-on: What is the one chore that you despise the most? Read “Tom Sawyer Whitewashing the Fence.” Does Tom make fallacious arguments or…Lesson Plans
- 09.19.07Cores 1-4: Write-on: Finish this sentence and write two more to follow it up, “Language Arts with Mr. Wilkoff is…” Complete the student-led…Lesson Plans
- 09.18.07Core 1: Write-on: What kind of arguments/persuasion are false? (Sometimes persuasive but always fallacious, deceitful, or just plain wrong) Which…Lesson Plans
- 09.17.07Core 1: Write-on: How would you persuade someone visually? Present persuasion Smart Notebook files. What do you notice about these ideas? Reflect…Lesson Plans
- 09.14.07Core 1: Explore-on: How are these poems the same as Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, and how are they different? Devil Dog Way to Choose The…Lesson Plans
- 09.13.07I will not be at school today, as I am still at the Digital Educator Mentor training. Here are my sub plans: 091307.docLesson Plans
- The Ripe Environment: It’s the content, stupid.It has taken me quite a while to figure out how to come back to The Ripe Environment with all of the things that I am doing within my school. It…
- Choices, Choices…This is the first podcast in over a month because I needed to upgrade for more storage space. It is not an enhanced podcast, but I’m sure it will…
- Beginning the year, systematically.This podcast is all about how I am starting my year. I would love to know how you are starting your year and how we can collaborate (share) any of…
- Articulating VisionI am now convinced that the only way to create widespread change within our schools is to articulate a singular vision for the future of…
- 09.12.07I am at a Digital Educator Meeting Today, but here are my substitute lesson plans: 091207.docLesson Plans
- 09.11.07Core 1: Share-on: Share with at least one other person what you have written about The Road Less Traveled and the concept of change. Introduce…Lesson Plans
- 09.10.07Cores 1+4: Discuss-on: What is content? What is the Academy Authentic? Watch the tutorial on Writing in Your Blog. Extensions: Use the Academy…Lesson Plans
- 09.07.07Core 1: Write-On: What is the most difficult dichotomous choice (only two options) you have had to make in your life? Read The Road Not Taken by…Lesson Plans
- 09.06.07Cores 1-4: Introduction to your Academy of Discovery Google Account. Docs Calendar Gmail Tutorial for how to login to your Academy of Discovery…Lesson Plans
- A moment from my student life…I am sitting here in a professional development about inquiry in writing and I have been asked to write a small anecdote about my own school…
- 09.05.07I was away at a district-wide Discovery Language Arts meeting today. Here are my sub plans: 090507.docLesson Plans
- 09.04.07Core 1-4: Discuss-on: Why do MAP results matter? Explore Lexile levels: Lexile Map Find a book database: put together a book bag and print it out.…Lesson Plans
August 2007
18 posts- 08.31.07Core 1: Write-on: Translate five of your authentic topics into inauthentic prompts. What is the difference in the wording of an authentic topic…Lesson Plans
- 08.30.07Core 1: Write-on: What was the worst writing prompt that you have ever encountered? Why? Collect and mildly discuss top-5 and book meme handouts.…Lesson Plans
- 08.29.07Core 1+4: Sign the Discovery Online Code. Create Blog Account Set-up your blog and your user account for your blog. If you missed any steps in how…Lesson Plans
- 08.28.07Core 1: Go directly to Room 107 with an AR book. Finish MAP testing Discuss grading of Ocean Question essays. If time permits What does your top-5…Lesson Plans
- 08.27.07Cores 1+2: Map Reading Test in Room 107. Please bring your AR book. Extensions: Read your AR book. Core 3: Write-on: What’s in a username? Answer…Lesson Plans
- 08.24.07Due to my absence, here are the important documents about what is happening in my classes today: top-5.doc Lesson plans – 082407.docLesson Plans
- The few thoughts of a halfway-mobile blogger.So, I just got a new palm treo because I’m not quite ready to jump into the iPhone just yet (waiting for 2.0). I have been typing up ideas every…
- 08.23.07Cores 1+4: Guided Write-On: Fill out the book meme handout. book-meme.doc Check AR Contracts Go to the library with your ID Card and a good idea…Lesson Plans
- 08.22.07Core 1: Write-on: Where do you feel most safe? AND Where do you feel most engaged (excited, elated, energetic)? Why aren’t these the same places?…Lesson Plans
- 08.21.07Core 1+4: Before we embark upon a journey of authentic learning through technology, we must first ask ourselves why we would want to do it in the…Lesson Plans
- 08.20.07Core 1+4: Write-On: How do you measure how good a piece of writing is? Does it matter the type of writing? Is this piece of writing different than…Lesson Plans
- 08.17.07Core 1+4: Discuss-on: Describe an experience with reading out loud in class, either good or bad. How do you read out loud well? What kind of…Lesson Plans
- 08.16.07Core 1+4: Write on: Describe the writing process that you went through in order to create your draft of your first Ocean question answer. I write…Lesson Plans
- 08.15.07Core 1+4: Write-On: Write out one of the anecdotes that made note of in the “Dear Students” essay as a paragraph story. (Describe one of the times…Lesson Plans
- 08.14.07Core 1+4: Write-On: How can what you expect affect what you receive? Share your expectations with your group and create a master list of…Lesson Plans
- 08.13.07Welcome to the best two years of your life. This is not an overstatement. It is not hyperbole. Up until this point your life has either been…Lesson Plans
- I vs. WeI don’t know when it happened, but I have started using the word “we” in my podcast and blog when I would normally use the word “I.” I believe…
July 2007
11 posts- Post from Leadville.I am having so much fun with all of my new friends in Leadville.
- The Ripe Environment: The Living ExamplesToday I drove nearly four hours (round-trip) in order to talk with 8 teachers from rural school districts in Colorado about blogging in the…
- Totally Wired Acceptace SpeechWell, it has been a week or so since I got back from San Fransisco where I accepted the Totally Wired Teacher Award for 2007 from Edutopia and…
- Why do I want to work here?Well, this is the official podcast about my interview with Littleton Public Schools. Although I was passionate and had a great experience in the…
- ScriptoviaThere is a panel here at the Ypulse mashup of teenage entrepreneurs including Aseem Badshah, creator of Scriptovia.com. Scriptovia is an amazing…
- Making Content Your Own“Our philosophy is that we want everyone to take our content and make it their own.” – Dixie Feldman (I couldn’t find the actual article, so this…
- Convergence CultureThe Ypulse Mashup has turned into a much better event than I had previously thought. I think that it makes sense to continually question the…
- $5.00 of Effort“Why are you willing to pay $5.00 for a low quality 30-second clip of music but you aren’t willing to pay 99 cents for a good quality complete…
- Ypulse: Now and NowI am now at the Ypulse Mashup 2007. It is all about Teens and Tweens and how they react to marketing, media, and education. The reason why I am…
- The Ripe Environment: ConnectionThis is the first in a series of posts about The Ripe Environment, my thoughts on how to create a space for educators and learners to want to…
- The Social Networks of TragediesThis podcast is pretty heavy: I was in Osawatomie, KS for the 4th of July. It flooded earlier in the week, and my sister-in-law lost her car and…
June 2007
9 posts- The Ripe EnvironmentI am tired of talking about the tools. Many of us have been talking about the tools for a long time now. We have said that using technology for…
- The Most Change For The Most KidsIt is with some hesitation that I post this podcast. I am a teacher, and I will always be a teacher. However, I have been given the opportunity to…
- Wired TeacherThis post is cross-posted here. This is both a big moment and a small blip, a tongue-tied mixed-feeling overture. It reassures me that I have done…
The 1.0 to 2.0 TransformationWell, there are two main elements to this podcast. 1. This is my first blog post/podcast about being named the 2006 Totally Wired Teacher by…- Never a Prophet in Your Own TownMany edubloggers (only the most recent one I have found) and podcasters have noticed this phenomenon that it is terribly difficult to receive…
The New Job DescriptionThe more that I think about doing something “different” in my classroom, the more that I feel that process should be transparent. Not just for my…- Feed Reader of Choice(This has also been cross-posted here.) When I first learned how to harness the power of the read/write web, it was by aggregating all of the…
- How do you explain change?When I try to explain to people, even the most highly educated and interested people, what I am doing in my classroom, I get two distinct…
Digital Sticky NotesFeedback continues to be something that requires a lot of thought to do right. I want to provide my students with as much timely feedback as…
May 2007
25 posts
My Students Are Known For…This is the first podcast that I have done on my new MacBook and I was used GarageBand rather than ChapterToolMe in order to create the chapters.…- 05.25.07Core 1: How does Mr. Wilkoff learn? The Final Official Blog Post for Discovery: How do you learn best? What are your expectations for your 9th…Lesson Plans
- 05.24.07Core 1: Work on End of the Year Reflections Core 2: What would you like your legacy to be at Cresthill? Continue End of the Year Reflections with…Lesson Plans
- End of the Year DenouementFor all of the times this year… that we have doubted ourselves. that we have felt like we haven’t made a difference. that we hoped for more. that…
- 05.23.07Core 1: Finish watching Animal Farm. Questions for analysis: Why did the director change the ending so drastically? Why did the director choose…Lesson Plans
- 05.22.07Core 1: Watch Animal Farm and look for how the animals’ acceptance of napoleon’s leadership changes from novel to movie. Discuss your Utopia with…Lesson Plans
- 05.21.07Core 1: Discuss the “locking” of the wiki. Watch Animal Farm and look for the similarities and differences between the movie and book. Discuss…Lesson Plans
- 05.18.07Cores 1-4: Work toward presentation quality of your wiki projects (revise, edit, fix). Encourage others with discussion, debate, and help. Update…Lesson Plans
- 05.16.07Core 1: What is the most interesting part of a Utopia that you saw yesterday in your “trading session?” Work on your Utopia projects (Only Two In…Lesson Plans
Digital Ex-Patriots and The Formula for Transparencyhttp://media.blubrry.com/learningischange/learningischange.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Digital_Ex-Pats.m4aPodcast: Play in new window |…- Classroom of Distinction: Tools vs. LearningLast Week, I was at the Intel Classroom of Distinction Interactive Forum. Technically this was a technology conference about the future of…
- 05.15.07Cores 1-4: What are Digital Ex-Patriots? Discussion Trading on Wikis: Pick a partner to discuss your wiki project with and ask them to ask you one…Lesson Plans
- 05.14.07Core 1: What can I help you with in order to get your Utopia finished? Work on your Utopias with a specific goal in mind. Core 2: After the end:…Lesson Plans
- What Happens Next Year?I am very worried about what is going to happen to my students when they leave me at the end of this school year. Not because I think that they…
- 05.11.07Cores 1-4: You’re Famous, again. Core 1: Work on your Utopias for a specific purpose as a substitute Tech Tuesday. I will come around and…Lesson Plans
- Safety vs. PanicFor over a month, my students have engaged in working on a few different wiki projects (Utopias, –Isms, and Book Discussions), but the excitement…
- 05.10.07Cores 1-4: Explore Safety vs. Panic Core 1: Plan A: Work on your Utopias for a specific purpose as a substitute Tech Tuesday. I will come around…Lesson Plans
- 05.09.07Core 1: Write-On: What do you think that the little pigs are learning from napoleon? Do you think that education can be dangerous? Finish Animal…Lesson Plans
- 05.08.07Cores 1-4: We have used the Weekly Authentic model of writing throughout this year based upon the assumption that one paragraph of authentic…Lesson Plans
- 05.07.07Core 1: Discuss-On: Who is in charge of keeping a vision (animalism) intact throughout the implementation of the vision? Read the rest of the…Lesson Plans
The Would-Be School 2.0 AdvocatesThe podcast episode is based upon the idea that teachers will listen to someone who has a lot of experience teaching without technology and then…Lesson Plans- 05.04.07Cores 1-4: Yesterday, I was at a conference called The Classrooms of Distinction Interactive Forum, but I was able to find no one that was doing…Lesson Plans
- 05.02.07Cores 1-4: AR Update and Partner Points Passes. All books are in by May 11 No tests after May 11 I will still accept book talks, book reviews, and…Lesson Plans
- What’s in a name?I hate to resort to cliche, but I’m afraid that there isn’t much that I can do about that now. I have already committed way too too much of my…
- 05.01.07Before Core Time: Flesh out icom4students. Start discussions, ask questions, create new pages that you want to talk or think about, figure…Lesson Plans
April 2007
23 posts- 04.30.07Core 1: Write-On: What is the line between leadership and dictatorship. Read the next chapter of Animal Farm and figure out where/if the line has…Lesson Plans
- 04.27.07Core 1: Review the revised Discovery Online Code. Write-On: How would you know if you were being controlled? Read the next chapter in Animal Farm…Lesson Plans
- 04.26.07Core 1: How do we need to update The Discovery Blogging Rules so that they include wiki-specific ideas. What can we do with our new found…Lesson Plans
Visions of ChangeWell, I guess it was bound to happen sometime, but I really didn’t expect it to happen this soon. We have received funding for our School 2.0…Lesson Plans- 04.23.07Core 1: Check out the Clustr Map. How does this change the nature of our writing/project? Discuss-On: What kind of leader usually wins a…Lesson Plans
Creating the School 2.0 MovementI have become dissatisfied with talking about School 2.0 only among educators. It seems to be this feedback loop that creates a lot of noise, but…Lesson Plans- 04.19.07Core 1: Who do you think the animals represent in a society? Boxer Clover Benjamin Muriel Squealer Read Chapter 5: What does a societal shift look…Lesson Plans
- 04.18.07Cores 1-4: Guess how much of our Academy of Discovery budget was set aside for us at the meeting last night? Core 1: Should leaders have more…Lesson Plans
- 04.17.07Cores 1, 2, 4: Watch Inquiring Minds Need to Know and introduce the Academy of Discovery: What should we change before we go to the parent…Lesson Plans
- 04.16.07Core 1: What is the easiest way to hide corruption within a society? Read Chapter 4 in Animal Farm. Work on utopias. Who in your utopia is…Lesson Plans
- 04.13.07Core 1: Creating interactivity on your wiki using sPresent. Wiki work and troubleshooting. Core 2: How was your -Ism shaped by the following…Lesson Plans
- 04.12.07Core 1: What kind of wiki contributer are you, and why? Distilling your Utopian ideals into a set of 7 (or more) commandments: What kinds of…Lesson Plans
- 04.11.07Core 1: Write-On: What is your anthem, and how has it persuaded you to be who you to be who you are? Read and Discuss chapter two. Core 2: What…Lesson Plans
- Web PresenceThere is a new type of reputation out there. It lingers and builds long after you you have stopped caring about it. Managing it is hard. Too many…
Beyond RubricsThis podcast was created because of a discussion I had with my students about the merits of rubrics in a School 2.0 classroom. The data was mixed.…- 04.10.07Cores 1, 2, and 4: What is your Digital Legacy? Work on your wiki edit that you will use for your weekly authentic, or blog for your weekly…Lesson Plans
- 04.09.07Core 1: Write-On: What would it take for you to start or go along with a revolution? Enter Animal Farm Core 2: Extending the classroom: What does…Lesson Plans
- 04.06.07Core 1: What is leadership? The History of Communism in 7 Parts Working with wikimail and working on your Utopias Core 2: How can we use a social…Lesson Plans
The Embedded ClassroomThe two wiki project that my students have started to work on have taught me that an open framework that allows for embedded materials is…- 04.05.07Core 1: Introduction to the ideas from animal farm. Get the BritLit Podcast to work. Respond to personalized discussion questions and continue to…Lesson Plans
- 04.04.07Core 1: How can we discuss our worlds? New examples of Utopian integration. Introduction to the reaction novel. Read about and discuss the many…Lesson Plans
- 04.03.07Cores 1-4: What is the Value of Amateurs? Work on Sem2_Week11 either on your blog (using Writetomyblog.com or Learnerblogs.org if it is working)…Lesson Plans
- 04.02.07Core 1: How will the las eight weeks of middle school be different from the rest of middle school? Show off the Official Seal Generator How will…Lesson Plans
March 2007
18 posts
Remixing The ClassroomOne of my students came up with an amazing metaphor for how intellectual property should work in the classroom and in greater society. She…- The Value of AmateursI was at a wedding this past weekend and I had a sort of epiphany. I’m not really sure why it was at a wedding rather than anywhere else, but I…
The Great Remix DebateI give all of the credit for this podcast to my amazing students. They were the ones that kept a debate on intellectual property, remixing, and…- 03.22.07Cores 1-2: Mini-debate on the ethics and importance of mashing-up and remixing ideas and content. Citing the research from yesterday, write out…Lesson Plans
- 03.21.07Cores 1-2: Read the Remix Culture articles: Mashups, Remixes and Copyright Law Remix Culture: A rights nightmare Issues surrounding re-use in…Lesson Plans
A New Image for New StudentsMy students are different. Not from yours, but from the ones that came before them. They are desperate to connect everything together:…- 03.20.07ELT: Guyego Situations Cores 1-4: Get everything on your blog to work. Not be frustrated by technology. Write out your Sem2_Week10 and post to…Lesson Plans
- 03.19.07Cores 1-4: Check in on Weekly Authentic Blog Posts. Cores 1-2: This week you will be constructing your own position paper on who gets to own…Lesson Plans
Researching School 2.0In creating a wiki for my vision of School 2.0 within a school, I have found that there is quite a bit of research out there supporting 1:1…- 03.15.07I’m sorry that I couldn’t be there to help you out in person (especially because I love teaching on my birthday), but I did want to tell you how…Lesson Plans
- 03.14.07Cores 1-2: Discuss-on: What is Remix Culture? Watch the Remix Culture in Generation Y video and discuss: What is okay to copy? What isn’t? What is…Lesson Plans
- Thoughts to get me through the Colorado Student Assessment ProgramCSAP can do weird things to you. It kind of goes to work on your head. There is nothing unique about your test. It is the same as everyone else’s.…
- 03.13.07Cores 1-4: Take a listen to the revised versions of “You make me touch your hands for stupid reasons.” Work on Sem2_Week9 weekly authentic. Post…Lesson Plans
- 03.12.07Cores 1-4: I saw this online yesterday and I knew that I just had to play it for you. This is an example of just how ineffective your words can be…Lesson Plans
Is School 2.0 just a fad?Although there is a lot of talk about School 2.0 among those in the edublogosphere, I believe that many educators are going to try and wait out…- 03.05.07Cores 1-4: Write-on: What parts of the song, “It’s not on the test,” do you find to be most true in your test taking experience? What does it mean…Lesson Plans
What does support look like in School 2.0?Support is such an essential part of education, but many of us who are looking ahead to a technologically rich educational experience sometimes…- 03.01.07Cores 1-4: Collect any Personal Curriculum or AR Partner Points Passes. Core 1: Go over vocabulary book exercises. Take quiz over chapter 10. How…Lesson Plans
February 2007
25 posts- 02.28.07Core 1: What is the one word that you are going to remember next year from Unit 10 (including your own words and everyone else’s)? Finish Unit 10…Lesson Plans
- Paper is outdated.Paper is: • Static. • Linear. • Finite. • Singular. Digital Writing is: • Dynamic. • Multi-dimensional. • Infinite. • Pluralistic. With these…
- 02.27.07Cores 1-4: Weekly Authentic Self-Assessment and Reflection You should fill this out correctly and honestly, leaving nothing for me to question in…Lesson Plans
- 02.26.07Cores 1-4: Revisit Personal Curriculum. Core 1: Write-On: Do words influence our concept of Utopia or does our concept of Utopia influence our…Lesson Plans
What Myspace can teach us about School 2.0This podcast was brought about because of the classroom discussion that my eighth graders had about what a terrible affect Myspace can have on…- 02.22.07Core 1: Go over Vocab homework. Play Vocab basketball. Find words to substitute for the five words you crossed off. Wordie Double-Tonged…Lesson Plans
- 02.21.07Core 1: Close to 50 people have downloaded your two conversations on Perfect Learning Environments and the Internet as Utopia, and about 100 more…Lesson Plans
- The Case for Google VideoGetting a service un-banned is much harder than getting it banned. Whether it is a book, a substance, or a website, once something has been…
- 02.20.07Cores 1-4: Read the Google Video Challenge See the new type of Nomination on del.icio.us Get comments from Mr. Wilkoff on del.icio.us Trade…Lesson Plans
The Internet as UtopiaThis was a discussion I had with my 8th graders about how the Internet could be used as a vehicle for creating a utopia in their everyday lives. I…- 02.15.07Cores 1-4: Revisit Personal Curriculum. Write out on a half sheet of paper: What you have done for your Personal Curriculum Project. What you…Lesson Plans
Parents as School 2.0 StakeholdersConvincing parents that the skills of School 2.0 are important is going to be one of the biggest jobs facing all teaching in the very near future.…- 02.14.07Core 1: Discuss-On: What is a society judged upon? Continue to work on the Utopian Art projects. Core 2: Write-On: How can a movement be…Lesson Plans
- A Personal Curriculum Post.The first piece of my personal curriculum that I have decided to tackle is reading 3 boy coming-of-age novels and starting one of my own. This is…
How do we assess School 2.0?I’ve been trying to figure out for a while just how assessment is going to look in School 2.0. I have developed (or at least half-baked) 3 types…- 02.12.07Core 1: Based on all of the things that you have seen, what are the truest statements that you can make about utopias? What does a Utopia visually…Lesson Plans
- 02.09.07Core 1: Take Vocab Quiz. Fill out AR mid-quarter reflection. Core 2: Fill out the mid-quarter AR reflection. What part of your ideas do you own?…Lesson Plans
- 02.08.07Core 1: Write-on: If you had a machine that could create anything, would you use it? Why or why not? Read: How the World Was Saved. What is the…Lesson Plans
- 02.07.07Cores 1-3: Revisit how you are going to prove to your parents that you learned something. One Idea Another Idea Field Reading for AR and Partner…Lesson Plans
- The maddening search for resources.Resources are scarce. People are scrounging around, negotiating uneasy solutions, forgoing all tact. The truth is: people are desperate. They want…
- 02.06.07Cores 1-4: Write your Sem2_Week5 weekly authentic. Self-Assess with Mr. Wilkoff your best post of the quarter. Nominate in the new del.icio.us…Lesson Plans
- 02.05.07Core 1: Do your Write-ons on the Discovery Message Board. Flip back to the Vocabulary books with some Vocab Basketball? Core 2: Write-on: What is…Lesson Plans
- The New Graduation RequirementsI have been thinking a lot about how we have the same graduation requirements that we have always had. We may have upped the number of Math and…
- 02.02.07Core 1: Write-On: How equal should people be in a society? Read Harrison Bergeron and look for who’s Utopia the story is? What is Kurt Vonnegut…Lesson Plans
- 02.01.07Core 1: Check out the rest of the “Ideal” vacations, meals, and cars. What does your ideal item say about the society that you think is perfect?…Lesson Plans
January 2007
27 posts- The Perfect Learning EnvironmentThis podcast is of a discussion that I had with my 7th and 8th grade students about what they think the perfect learning environment would be…
- Teacher-Proof TeachingI created this podcast because I was frustrated with the way our vision of education seems to conflict with the reality of education. I know that…
- 01.31.07Cores 1-4: Day 2 of trying to get Learnerblogs to cooperate. If it will: Post your Sem2_Week4 Weekly Authentic and Del.icio.us post. Comment on…Lesson Plans
- Morning Podcasts and the New ClassI started podcasting in my car on the way to school. This is the one time that I am completely alone during the day. Barring a hideous accident…
- 01.30.07Cores 1-4: What should the graduation requirements for high school be? Post your Sem2_Week4 Weekly Authentic and Del.icio.us post. Comment on…Lesson Plans
- The Discovery School within a SchoolA colleague of mine and I were brainstorming all of the technology implementation possibilities for the next school, when he suggested that what…
- 01.29.07Core 1: Present the digital stories and talk about why these things are perfect? Why should we be searching for perfection? How do these “ideal…Lesson Plans
- 01.26.07Core 1: Continue to work on Bubblr Ideal Car, Vacation, Family, or meal digital stories. Share the digital stories and talk about why these things…Lesson Plans
- 01.25.07Core 1: Write-On: Why did you choose the words that you did? How are you going to inject these new found words into the different discourses of…Lesson Plans
- Why All Teachers Should Be Using Web 2.0I have been thinking a lot about this question. Should all teachers be using the Read/Write Web in their classrooms, or am I merely a part of the…
- The Future of LiteracyThis is a podcast about how I see the world of literacy shaping up in the next few years. This idea was brought about by discussion ideal learning…
- 01.24.07Core 1: Write-On: Why should you care which words you use in talking to your friends? Explore some resources for learning about words you want to…Lesson Plans
- What our Del.icio.us says about us.I was looking at our del.icio.us bookmarks this morning, and I was flabbergasted at the diversity of topics that are being talked about in our…
- 01.23.07Cores 1-4: Check out our collective blogging identity. Submit your Sem2_Week3 weekly authentic and Del.icio.us post. If you don’t know what to…Lesson Plans
- 01.22.07Cores 1-4: Look at the Authenticity Awards for Semester 2: Week 1. Check out a few of the Guest Bloggers. Core 1: Explore some resources for…Lesson Plans
- 01.18.07Cores 1-4: Decide new Guest Blogging Question: Is technology a good or bad influence on our lives? How much should parents “protect” their…Lesson Plans
- 01.17.06Cores 1-4: Reminder to Del.icio.us post. Cores 1: Dive back into vocab with vocabulary improv: Write down the most interesting character you can…Lesson Plans
- Creative ReadingOur discussion of perfect learning environments has stayed with me. It keeps eating away at my free moments. I will be taking care of my child,…
- 01.16.07Reveal the Future of Reading. Read/Comment, Work on 2nd Weekly Authentic for second semester, Work on Personal Curriculum, Nominate for…Lesson Plans
- 01.12.07Cores 1-4: It is harder for some of us to think outside of what we know, to dream up something completely radical and filled with hope. I would…Lesson Plans
- 01.11.07Cores 1-4: Before we start our next major thematic unit based upon curriculum and knowledge that I think is important, I would like us to spend…Lesson Plans
- 01.10.06Cores 1-4: Today is all about refocusing our efforts on our Weekly Authentics. I would like to recognize those of you who have been putting going…Lesson Plans
- 01.09.06Cores 1-4: Go over expectations for the library. Show me your perfect book and AR+ contract. Discuss finding a perfect book. Find a perfect book.…Lesson Plans
- 01.08.07Cores 1-4: Write-On: Imagine that there were a perfect book out there for you. It has just the right mixture of content (the stuff it is about)…Lesson Plans
- 01.03.06Cores 1-4: Making your personal curriculum into a personal project: What is one personal project that you have done that no one else asked you to…Lesson Plans
- A personal curriculum.When I was reading through all of your comments and suggestions in your end-of-semester reflections, I started to realize one thing: you wanted…
- 01.02.07Cores 1-4: Reset expectations for the quarter. What is a personal curriculum? Brainstorm your personal curriculum with a partner. Write your…Lesson Plans