Archives » September, 2007

Investigate Collaborate Learn!

After having seen some great examples of student collaborative projects such as those by Kim Cofino, Clarence Fisher, Chris Craft, The Horizons Project, and the Flat Classroom Project, I am inspired to give it a try. My goals are simple, facilitate a collaborative project with one or more other classrooms that addresses key learning targets [...]

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Keep the Learning Growing

The Learning never stops, recently posted on Durff’s Blog really resonates with me as I find this a constant struggle in my classes. I needed the information, I sought it out, I knew where to look. These are research skills that educational leaders need to develop in learners. They are the lifelong-learners of tomorrow. If [...]

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Are my students connected?

As I read through the edublogger world I am often left to wonder if the world my students live in is different than the world described by many of the edubloggers. Not because I think those describing totally wired students are wrong, but rather because we tend to create situations in our lives where gathering [...]

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Joining EdubloggerWorld Ning

I just joined the edubloggerworld ning. Right now there are 384 members in this ning. View my profile on EduBloggerWorld I joined classroom 2.0 on ning last winter when there were about 180 members. Now, at over 2700 members I find classroom 2.0 a bit cluttered and generally only follow content through my aggregator. The [...]

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School year 2007-08 off and running!

Well the first day is now behind me and a good day it was. The energy of the students quickly made the hardships of an unfinished renovation slip away. These middle school kids probably notice, on some level,the construction going on around them but at the end of the day it is the experiences they [...]

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