Year: 2007
101 Resources and Tools for Authentic Learning
I 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, socially tagged nature of a delicious account. Why take one person’s word for it, when you can see exactly how many people have found …
10.31.07
Core 1: Discuss-on: Do you have to organize the examples and quotations in your essay chronologically as the book has? Continue working on your essay, perfecting it into a form that you would want to turn in. If you finish, get a couple of people to read it and comment. …
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 descriptive and beautiful their writing can be. As a blogger, I have found that some of my greatest pleasure is derived from my …
10.30.07
Core 1: Discuss-on: What makes a conclusion a good one? Check out some good feedback about revision. Continue working on your essay, perfecting it into a form that you would want to turn in. If you finish, get a couple of people to read it and comment. Comment on other …
The Complexity of Relationship Scale for MOV
Bassanio 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 so that Bassanio is willing to risk his friend’s life to pursue Portia. The total amount of time that Bassanio and Portia have spent …
Cassie and Oppression
This 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 and awake. I want to blow past these feelings.Go deeper, unfurrow my brow beatings. I push them deep into my head.The fear of …
10.29.07
Core 1: Write-on: What is revision? Why are revisions made? Choose two revisions made in the Declaration of Independence and write out your theory on why these particular revisions were made from the viewpoint of one of the founding fathers. Speak as if in the continental congress and try to …
Two New Documents
I 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 to them at the k12online conference: http://k12online.wm.edu/AuthenticLearning.pdf http://k12online.wm.edu/101Resources.pdf http://media.blubrry.com/learningischange/34.136.86.195.nip.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/TwoNewDocuments.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
A New Possibliity
This 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. This only comes about because of a great contact I have made with the principal of our online school (eDCSD). The possibility is …