A math teacher, a science teacher, and a techie …walk up to a Physicist in Kentucky…
No, we’ll actually be contacting the physics department online, rather than face-to-face. The three of us are using some teacher technology training funding to enroll in an online course together. The course allows up to four teachers to work [...]
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Filed under: Tech Among Teachers, education
I came across two things recently, each of them instantly made sense to me.
First, this brave young man’s Eagle Scout project as pointed out by Karl Fisch on his blog:
“First, please download and watch this movie (18.4 MB, 11:36). Then think about how often we stamp “can’t” on somebody’s forehead.”
The Fischbowl: Ability Awareness
Second, this [...]
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Filed under: Differences, NCLB, education, ethics, social, video
Nothing really steams me up like someone coming to the door and asking if my husband is home rather than telling me his business (the guy who seals our driveway), or someone asking when my husband would have time to talk to them about my complaint (school personnel in response to my request to talk [...]
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Filed under: NCLB, cyberbullying, education, social, stopcyberbullying
Today is “Stop Cyberbullying Day” and many of the bloggers I read have posted some great tools, information, and videos. For instance, this badge is from a selection offered by Scott McLeod here:
www.scottmcleod.net – Cyberbullying
With all that good stuff getting added to the net, I need some time to process and research. But [...]
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Filed under: cyberbullying, education, ethics, social, stopcyberbullying
It’s one way to get connected to a larger community. It can be used for educational purposes. It can be used to establish fleeting, or short-term relationships (”Can anyone out there tell me…?”) or it can be used for longer, mentoring relationships. It can also be a time-sink, abused, dangerous, unsafe.
I could be [...]
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Filed under: My Middle School Tech Class, education, media, paper blog, social
Our Middle School students are putting together an informational booklet about our school’s solar panel installation. The student tasked with writing the introduction submitted this uniquely colorful page:
Notice that the color is washed out at the beginning and the end? His introduction and conclusion are quite faint. The topic label, and the [...]
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Filed under: Composition, My Middle School Tech Class, education, media
