This term I am teaching a new online class for Portland State University for their Instructional Technology Certificate program. The course topic is collaborative technology tools in the classroom. Just as my students are reflecting on their work – I too will be documenting our progress and sharing my own thoughts and ideas. How can
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April is National Poetry Month and our school is having several events to celebrate. Students are encouraged to submit their original poems to the “Poet Tree” in the Library all month. We plan on sharing poems for “Poem in your pocket” day on Thursday, the 26th. I am thinking of coordinating a semi-field trip to
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Our high school is hosting an open mic poetry day in the Library on Friday, April 29th 8-2:30pm PDT. We would love to have various classrooms Skype in for 5-10 minutes and have students (ages 10+) read a poem – original or published. Contact me to get on the schedule — still plenty of open
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I ran across this post about Seven Habits of Highly Connected People on Stephen Downe’s site awhile ago and been saving it in my drafts until I had a chance to write and reflect. I highlighted ideas from each habit to share but you should read the full article and his explanations at http://www.downes.ca/post/44261 1.
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Years ago when I taught 4th grade I participated in a classroom exchange called “Postcard Geography”. My students eagerly awaited postcards that we exchanged with schools all across the US. We created a large bulletin board with a map of the US and pinned the postcards next to the city is came from. It was
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Collaboration – (kuh-lab-uh-rey-shuhn) n. the act of collaborating. Working together for a common end. Every class can benefit from enhanced collaboration among students and between students and instructors. Learning is social. Course assignments that encourage collaboration are effective way of encouraging interaction and discussion among students. Unfortunately, collaborative projects can also have its problems. With
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“…we should be teaching skills laid on the foundations of creativity, collaboration, & critical thinking” I ran across this line in Durff’s blog last week and I’ve been pondering about it all week and it made me think to myself, what if school was based on the 3 C’s (I’m not throwing out the 3
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