A Teacher’s Thoughts

I have read a lot about fear lately. Fear of new technologies, fear of change. The latter is the I guess the biggest fear in a general sense. Perhaps many teachers are held back from adopting new technologies, held back by fears. The same is surely happening right up the educational […]

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 […]

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 […]

I had a brief conversation with the music teacher at our school yesterday. Her classroom is well equipped with computers and she has students work on projects using midi software. I suggested the idea of podcasting student projects and performances. The response was so positive. If you could see our school […]

It has taken a while but I am starting to cross things off my to-do list. Going back and reading things I didn’t have time for earlier is an ever present item on this list. I don’t remember how I found my way to this article or how it found its way to […]