October 3, 2009
I do! It should be an integral part of a literacy curriculum. Why? Because:
- It enables students to appreciate the sound and imagery of language
- It invites students to understand and view themselves and their world in new ways
- It captures the essence of meaning in the sparest of language
Ok I just feel those are important
Webwatch Poetry workshop
October 3, 2009
Have you heard of this new free social networking resource? I am exploring it this weekend and let you know what I think.
September 25, 2009
I really like this blog. Especially when I read its Mission Statement:
The objective of TeachPaperless is to help classroom teachers merge Green Thinking and Interactive Technology into their everyday classroom experience. The result is a classroom that not only only uses zero paper, but that recognizes and utilizes the best features of the growing Internet to extend learning opportunities to students. Furthermore, we want to see students benefit from and gain experience in real-life problem solving, task determination, and creative thinking through total immersion in an authentic 21st century digital workspace.
Plus now the author has begun a movement on Twitter called paperless search#paperless Fridays. I encourage you to get on this train.
September 22, 2009
What are the key elements required for a transformation of teaching and learning through the use of technology? Sean Nash in his nashworld blog cites four pillars:
- Innovative Engine
- Administrative Support
- Unfiltered Access
- Instructional Model
My favorite Innovate Engine, what’s yours
Four Pillars of Technology Integration
September 9, 2009
In the 1990’s, a former student of Bloom, Lorin Anderson, revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and published this- Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy in 2001.Key to this is the use of verbs rather than nouns for each of the categories and a rearrangement of the sequence within the taxonomy.
Great post take your time reading it: Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally
August 20, 2009
November, Zhao, Soloway, Norris, Mckenna are any of these names familiar to you? They have been gurus in educational technology for some time now and you can see them in a new video series.
The Mobile Learning Institute’s film series “A 21st Century Education” profiles individuals who embrace and defend fresh approaches to learning and who confront the urgent social challenges that are part of a 21st century experience. “A 21st Century Education” compiles, in short film format, the best ideas around school reform. The series is meant to start, extend, or nudge the conversation about how to make change in education happen.
This is a great resource and I highly recommend you watch them, more than once.
A 21st Century Education A series of 12 short films. Free to view and download
July 15, 2009
At its core, the Strengths Movement is a social movement intended to change how we view ourselves, our children and our world. We have all been conditioned to see weaknesses and mine for deficits. This movement seeks to change that perspective and then apply the positive strengths perspective to our families and our schools.
Here is a video where students who were ready to drop out of school were saved by believing in their strengths not in their school system.
Video: Strengths Results in Schools