Learning and Science in the 21st Century
Assignment: Prepare a brief introduction to our school. What makes our school unique? What makes us special? Then come up with two good questions for Astronaut, Clay Anderson. We were asked today during a short flash meeting with Diane Hammond if we would participate in a meeting this Monday with Clay Anderson and six other [...]
I’ve been giving Vicki Davis’ idea of a students as pro learners some thought lately. In a previous post I asked what can I do to allow students to become “pro learners” of science? This is a great question and one that can be applied across disciplines. I think it is so great because it [...]
Hats off to Dave Boardman for a great presentation on blogs, Crank up the Volume: Giving Students a Voice with Weblogs, at the Learning in a 2.0 World sponsored by ACTEM. Only a real pro could pull off a blog presentation without internet access! Dave combined excellent examples of blogging by his students at Messalonskee [...]
Digesting a conference has always been a process that involves time for me. This may take a little longer. I attended Wikis Across the Curriculum presented by the cool cat teacher over in Augusta, Maine. We created a wiki as part of the conference while the whole event was streamed live on ustream. Here are [...]
I just spent a nice hour listening in on the Youth Voices discussion over at EdTech live. I am inspired by the things these teachers do with kids. Their kids know they are listening and care about what they hear. This is a connection and connections lead to learning.
