No one who watched the ads on the Superbowl doubts the impact of a well-designed visual. But in schools, we often neglect that power. It is harder to make a striking visual, because it takes more time to make a well-designed handout—or a powerpoint that is thought-provoking—or a digital video that has impact—or even a [...]
Entries from February 9, 2008
Seeing is believing, part two
February 9, 2008 · 2 Comments · Change, Student projects, Teacher Learner, Web 2.0
Seeing is believing
February 9, 2008 · No Comments · Web 2.0
What I learned at TCEA this week: More to come…
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Learning from our students–the roving librarian
February 5, 2008 · 1 Comment · Collaboration, Student projects, Teacher Learner
Yesterday, I took the library to the students. As those of you who read my blog may know, we’re closed for a renovation, and I’m currently working out of the ninth grade center library, which is a trek from the main high school. I So in an effort to bring services TO the students, I’m [...]
To the presidential candidates
February 3, 2008 · No Comments · Change
In a moving and passionate post, Wes Fryer forcefully challenges the “fear-driven politics” of NCLB. Like Wes, I rarely write about this issue. But as legislators gather to once again discuss renewing the bill, I wonder first of all, if viewpoints of educators like many of us are being included in the picture. It seems too often our views as [...]
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Your wild and precious life
February 2, 2008 · 6 Comments · Educon 2.0, Innovation, Teacher Learner
When it’s over, I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, [...]
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The peanut butter cup effect
February 2, 2008 · 2 Comments · Collaboration, Student projects, Teacher Learner, Web 2.0, Whole New Mind
How do you empower students to engage with a text in such a way that they can come to their own understanding of it? I just participated in a fascinating live blogging experiencewith Maura Moritz’s and Karl Fisch’s students at Arapahoe High School. The students were using the inner/outer circle discussion method in their classroom to discuss [...]
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