Today a student equipped with a smart phone can do research about a topic anywhere so why then would a student travel specifically to the library? A school space must be designed in such a way that students want to come and stay in the space. Is there comfortable furniture? Is there a high speed [...]
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 [...]
Information Literacy
How can we teach our students to navigate the world of ever growing information in the present and for the future?
What are ways in which social media can be used to leverage access to real time information for our students?
How does the Big6 IL approach help to successfully navigate vast amounts of information?
What are ways teachers can check [...]
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, [...]
Today as part of a Data in a Day exercise organized by our curriculum team I will be combing the school as part of a team with a student, parent and other faculty to gather data about our schools ESLR’s.
ESLR’s are not something that most schools ever quantify or assess so how can you tell if [...]
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 [...]
This morning my 8th grade students learned a little about how to safely move around and explore underwater environments while snorkeling. They successfully moved around the coral reef (aka the pool with lots of fake seaweed and plastic sea animals) with out touching or disrupting the environment.
At the end of their underwater exploration time [...]
I spent a larger part of today adding a page on my school blog to outline the full curriculum: standards, essential questions and learning objectives. My goal in this endeavor….to make what is happening at school as transparent as possible. Will it help…only time will tell.
