Learning and Science in the 21st Century
Following the previous post, it is time to look to the future. Which way to go? Here are some ideas: Tackle some questions regarding climate change using wikis perhaps. I have done units like this before using a socratic seminar. I saw an interesting post on Julie Lindsay’s blog about the fishbowl technique used by [...]
As the end of the semester draws near I thought it a good time to reflect on the gains made in class. Its amazing how curriculum and learning can snowball so quickly as the year goes on. One thing leads to another, blending in to what came before. At times it feels like really little [...]
Skim over any state’s science standards and you are likely to see a long list of topics you may recall from various science classes in your past, from the elementary grades through college. Here in New Hampshire the list is much the same. Learning targets are set for different blocks of grade level spans. And [...]
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 [...]
I spent a little time today checking out the Jason Project and their new mission, Monster Storms. My wife, who teaches 5th grade has used the Jason Project several times in the past but is coming back to it after three years and wanted some help visualizing how Jason and web 2.0 tools might fit [...]
