Core 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 critiquing by writing this piece? Core 2: Write-On: What are all of the ways that you can be a non-conformist? How is Emerson a …
I 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 English classes, but each student has to do the same things in high school, jump through the same hoops. Why is it …
Core 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? What does it say about the society that you do not think is perfect? What is a utopia and what is a dystopia? …
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 …