I 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 the administration at my school wants only what is best for kids. I do not have any doubts in their abilities as leaders. Yet, …
This 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 like. I asked them a few guiding questions, but their ideas were purely their own. I think there is a lot of insight here. …
Cores 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 other Del.icio.us posts. Nominate for Authenticity Awards. Work on Personal Curriculum. If it won’t Door Number 3.
Cores 1-4: What should the graduation requirements for high school be? Post your Sem2_Week4 Weekly Authentic and Del.icio.us post. Comment on other Del.icio.us posts. Nominate for Authenticity Awards. Work on Personal Curriculum.
I 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 that threatens life and limb, nothing is going to interrupt me and my thoughts. So, I started thinking really big. I …
A colleague of mine and I were brainstorming all of the technology implementation possibilities for the next school, when he suggested that what we were talking about was not merely two classes (Social Studies and Language Arts) collaborating, but that we were shifting the paradigm of teaching to a School …
Core 1: Present the digital stories and talk about why these things are perfect? Why should we be searching for perfection? How do these “ideal things” show us what we want out of society? Core 2: Write-On: In working with the timeline of the 19th century, what trends did you …
Core 1: Continue to work on Bubblr Ideal Car, Vacation, Family, or meal digital stories. Share the digital stories and talk about why these things are perfect? Why should we be searching for perfection? Core 2: Discuss-On: How can world events in literature, war, economics, and politics influence thought? Timeline …
Core 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 your lives? Along with choosing the right words and choosing the right situations for those words, I would like to propose the idea …
Core 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 learn about: Wordie Double-Tonged Dictionary Pseudodictionary Reverse Dictionary Add five words that you want to put into your vocabulary and write down all of …