It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator’s skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writing, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. – William Bernbach A lengthy debate has been going on at Clay Burell’s blog regarding the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cross Curricular Connections'
Of communication, design, writing and many other things
April 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Cross Curricular Connections, Learning
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Blogging Friday
May 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Cross Curricular Connections, Web 2.0
We haven’t celebrated Blogging Friday in awhile, so today I want to highlight two new bloggers in our district! Margie Brown, one of our elementary tech coordinators, has started a new blog, K5Tech, which is already impressive. She’s already been sharing projects going on in our district at the elementary level, and it’s fascinating to see [...]
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21st century schools
March 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Cross Curricular Connections, libraries, Uncategorized
The vision committee I’m a part of just shared a presentation with our faculty based on our site visits to California, about the ideas we’re bringing back to our campus. It brought back to me the excitement of the trip, the excitement of feeling like a education professional, and the excitement of believing that so [...]
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Designing the future?
March 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Cross Curricular Connections, Design, Whole New Mind
Maybe because I’m working on the new plans for the library, as well as rereading Daniel Pink’s book Whole New Mind, plus having recently visited High Tech High, I’ve been obsessing a little bit lately over the idea of the role of design and creativity in schools, and pondering about what we could do better. [...]
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