Artistry in Residence

We’re enjoying having Rand Whipple, master mind behind Box of Light Theatre, spending mornings with us for two weeks as “artist in residence” at our K-8 school, supporting our all school thematic study.  Our thematic study this year builds on our previous year’s thematic study, and reflects our diversity initiative (there is a whoooole lot [...]

Connections in the Technology Studio

I’ve been busy adding an art installation to my technology studio this week, and I’m really excited about it. Not only does it add warmth and interest to the studio’s biggest, blankest wall, I think it embodies what I want our students’ technology studio experiences to be.
Namely: Student-centered. World-aware. Definitely not flat–and [...]

Adding Resource Page

I thought it would be really helpful to keep track of the cool stuff that I have heard about and want to try out on its own page here. So, I have added a Tech Resources Page and am starting to fill in the details–I will try and do that in the order of [...]

Middle School and School Staff Social Bookmarking Experiments

I set up a del.icio.us account for the middle school — all the students share the same account. I also set up one for the teachers at school so we can store and share links. Check them out!
The teacher page came first, out of self-defense, when I found myself flagging things at home and [...]