January 2008
26 posts published in January 2008.
- What we need from "the district."The Principal of the Online School in my School District asked me a really interesting question regarding the growth of our vision within the…
- 01.31.08Cores 1+4: Discuss-on: Continue to work in your groups on your Survival Simulations. Extensions: Finalize goals and what-if’s. Core 2: Discuss-on:…Lesson Plans
- Working with Online Elementary TeachersToday I am working with elementary teachers who are writing courses for an online school. Whatever your stance on virtual schools, the most…
- 01.30.08Cores 1+4: The Documents for The Survival Simulation. Copy them over to your own google docs and share them with your group. (Only one person from…Lesson Plans
- 01.29.08Core 1: Talk about survival simulations. (Print off a new copy of the PDF if you need one.) What is required? Who is in your group? What are the…Lesson Plans
- Live Blogging With AHS students.On Friday, I had the distinct pleasure of listening to some of the most unique voices in the discussion over Dan Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind.…
- 01.28.08Cores 1+4: Write-on: How did The Shakers peel back the veneer of life? What are life’s essentials? Is there beauty in simplicity, in organization…Lesson Plans
- Observation with teacher.I had the pleasure of observing another teacher in my school today who teaches the 8th grade. We are creating a partnership of practice (or…
- Mini VoiceThread PDQuite a few teachers have been asking me about how to use voicethread because they see the real potential that digital storytelling of this nature…
- Mini Del.icio.us PDAlthough this is not my regular mode of blog posts, I have found that it provides an outlet for the PD that would normally just be within a given…
- 01.24.08Core 1: Write-on: Start looking at enclave societies. Is it possible to separate yourself from society and still be a part of it? Is it better to…Lesson Plans
- 01.23.08Core 1: Write-on: Finish reading the French Utopians section, and start looking at enclave societies. Is it possible to separate yourself from…Lesson Plans
- 01.22.08Cores 1+4: Write-on: How are the French Utopians different in their depictions of Utopia than Thomas More? Extensions: Finish translating the…Lesson Plans
- Vision for EveryoneJust like Wesley Fryer did for this post, I too will cross-post a comment. Your vision of leadership (or perhaps just the one that we are talking…
- 01.17.08Cores 1+4: (Write-on) What are the major flaws with More’s Utopia? Draw a picture of what you think could go wrong in his vision of a perfect…Lesson Plans
- 01.16.08Cores 1+4: Write-on: What is the most important aspect of the Utopia within your head that you would like to bring out into the real world? Why?…Lesson Plans
- 01.15.08Cores 1+4: Write-on: How does you concept of utopia (your idea of perfection) influence your idea of existence? (How are utopia and existentialism…Lesson Plans
- 01.14.07Cores 1+4: Blog-on: How would you describe the act of creation? (What goes through your head when you are creating something? How do you know when…Lesson Plans
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- 01.11.08Cores 1+4: Discuss-on: Why is easier to achieve equality by catering to the lowest common denominator rather than letting everyone achieve at a…Lesson Plans
- 01.10.08Core 1+4: Share-on: Discuss with at least two other people about your belief of equality. Try to come to a consensus on your beliefs. Finish…
- 01.09.08Cores 1+4: Book Brainstorming Session: Take a stack of sticky notes. Read through each person’s perfect book handout and stick a book idea on the…
- 01.08.08Cores 1+4: What perfect books did your parents talk to you about? How were they different than your own? Write-On: How can one person’s utopia be…Lesson Plans
- 01.07.08Cores 1+4: Perfect Book Record-on: Speak the most important factor about your perfect book into the iPod recorder. Explore the concept of Utopia…Lesson Plans
- 01.04.08Cores 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
- 01.03.07Cores 1+4: Reset expectations for the quarter. What changes and what stays the same? What is a personal curriculum? Brainstorm your personal…Lesson Plans