In 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 computing, constructivist teaching practice, and engaging technology usage in the classroom. What is even more amazing is that I didn’t know that …
Cores 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 to Del.icio.us. If you haven’t done Sem2_Week8, please do so. Try to test out your comments and tell me if yours doesn’t work.
CSAP 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. And so you crave to do something original, to snap the unending monotony of test giving and test taking. The …
Cores 1-4: you-make-me-touch-your-hands-for-stupid-reasons.mp3 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 when you don’t take the time to choose them wisely. This piece really makes me feel bad for …
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 the torrent of technology integration that they currently are experiencing because they believe that it is merely a fad that will eventually go …
Cores 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 to be prepared for CSAP in reading and writing? Are you? Cores 1+2: Write out a playbook for CSAP this year …
Support is such an essential part of education, but many of us who are looking ahead to a technologically rich educational experience sometimes forget this. Because we are savvy, we expect others (including our students) to be savvy. I created this podcast in order to flesh out a few of …
Cores 1-4: Collect any Personal Curriculum or AR Partner Points Passes. Core 1: Go over vocabulary book exercises. Take quiz over chapter 10. How can a flat classroom help us to create a utopia? Core 2: Discuss-On: Do moral imperatives exist? (Are there things that must be stopped because they …
Core 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 activities and study for quiz tomorrow. Write-On: What do you think a flat classroom is? Can we use the internet to create …
Cores 1-4: Weekly Authentic Self-Assessment and Reflection You should fill this out correctly and honestly, leaving nothing for me to question in my grading. Cores 1: Take a look at all of the Google Video Challenge posts. Take a look at my vision of writing without the dependency on paper …