February 2007
25 posts published in February 2007.
- 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- Paper is outdated.Paper is: • Static.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