Core 1: Write-on: Is public education a privilege or a right? Read “The Case for Public Schools” by Horace Mann What key points does he raise about public education? What evidence does he use to prove them? How is his vision different from the reality of public education? Extensions: Answer …
Core 1: Discuss-on: Why would something be worth debating? Throw out ideas for debate. A 30-minute-expert blogging session on global censorship: Mr Mayo’s Delicious Account on Free Press Resources Facts Opinions Extension: Post your findings to your blog in the correct format. Core 2: Discuss-on: Why do we establish hierarchies? …
Core 1: Draw-on: Draw a diagram of how you believe a debate should be run that will go along with what you wrote last night. Share out your diagrams on the document camera. Test the most popular form out with “Solved: They mayor should have paid the Piper.” What can …
Core 1: Write-on: Does music have the power to persuade? Discuss the Pied Piper of Hamelin questions: How can music create changes in the ways people feel and act? Are these changes always positive? What are some examples of ways in which music may have affected events in history? What …
I would like to propose a meet-up for anyone who is blogging, podcasting, or tagging at VSS2007. Please comment on this post if you would like to be a part of this. We could meet at a session or simply eat at the same table at lunch. I would love …
Point #1: “The people that complain are our best customers, not our worst.” –Jackie Huba In the keynote for NACOL VSS 2007: Jackie Huba, an advertising consultant and blogger, is talking about creating learning evangelists. Her idea is that word of mouth is all powerful. The students and parents that …
I am at NACOL’s VSS 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky today. Here are my sub plans. Cores 1-3: If you get stuck in your blogging today, please go here and find inspiration. Core 4: If you are “finished” or “stuck” in your essay writing: Get a couple of people to read …
This is my first time blogging from in on an airplane. My daughter, Isabelle, may be the cause of that. She is cleverly intriguing, so much so that it is difficult to be very reflective when she is saying “da da da” at you. My trip today, and the reason …
Core 1: Debrief-on? How many new words can we expect in our lexicon based upon your work with the Combined Word Dictionary. Record a few definitions for classroom podcast. Turn-in Essay, and self-assess according to Kid-Friendly Rubric. Read Pied Piper of Hamelin: How can music create changes in the ways …