Moving away from teacher centered tech many a times happens naturally when in the presence of digital natives. We know that collaboration, creativity and life-long learning are essential skills for the future. There is a fine line between setting standards, showing exemplars and boxing students in. But if there is no bar [...]
Our middle school is what some would consider a leader in technology integration. Look we even won an award:)
But I just can’t help but notice that students are turning inward instead of leveraging this technology to collaborate. Which brings me to the idea of curriculum……..when students cover the same context as they did pre-laptop [...]
For some time now my lurkeresk (probably not a word but…) tendency’s have really bothered me. Until now I have yet to find words for my feeling but just like most things it this crazy connected world so one else has. Jim Lebans audio take on lurking sums up what I have been feeling ever [...]
I just finished this interesting book:
Hirsch, E. D. (1987). Cultural literacy: what every american needs to know. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co.
As one of my classmates stated “Hirsch believes many Americans are lacking “cultural literacy,” or a basic knowledge of any and all topics relevant to our country. He asserts that without background knowledge of cultural literacy, [...]
Some days just have themes attached to them and today a bright and sunny Friday is definitely visual literacy. Two amazing events happened at our school today. An presentation by Scott McCloud and the S2SF student film festival.
Scott’s talk was inspiring in that his message taped into an imaginative innovative side that all of us have [...]
Dewey, J. (1938). Experiences and Education. New York, New York, United States of America: Simon and Schuster.
Considered one of the most important educational philosophers of the modern age, John Dewey unpacks, in his 1938 book the importance of viewing education as not purely a term that can be defined but more an ongoing process of experiences [...]
As Tom Ashbook reports on Onpoint last Friday “Some say that the richest video games are growing a new narrative richness. Moral dilemmas. Nuances. Truth and consequences.”
The new version of Grand Theft Auto (IV) definitely gives one the freedom to do just about anything like never before. In a choose your own adventure format [...]
Techno beats thumped as girls dressed in the latest high fashion gowns glided into the room on the arm of young gentlemen wearing custom tailored suits. Nervousness and excitement filled the air as girls exchanged complements on dresses and boys talked about where they took their dates for dinner. In the middle of a city [...]
Every day we are inundated with tens of thousands of messages. Information is following at us at to an alarming rate. A question that I am constantly confronted with is, how to I find balance between staying connected with the world and having time to disconnect and listen to myself ?
In the news [...]
Lately with lots of students gone on various trips, I have found it hard to keep those absent updated on missing work and involved. I’m going out on a limb here and trying something a little risky….using Facebook. So I posted this on my school blog: “Current PHE 3 Lifeguaring candidates please join this group [...]
