Posted in 21st century classroom, education, mashup on Mar 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Each spring our 5th graders complete a bridge building exercise. Working in teams, students take on the jobs of accountant, engineer, designer, and builder. Their task is to build a bridge out of toothpick, within a budget, and that can stand on its own. The bridge that can hold to most weight wins. The students [...]
Posted in 21st century classroom, Professional Development, Web 2.0, comic, literacy, publishing, writing on Jul 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Miguel Guhlin over at his Thinkfinity Texas blog recently shared some great lessons at the ReadWriteThink site to guide teachers in using the graphic novel genre to help students develop their writing and literacy skills. If you have been looking for a way to bring comics and graphic novels into your ELA instruction ReadWriteThink [...]
Posted in 21st century classroom, change, literacy, writing on Nov 28th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been thinking about David Warlick’s blog “A Question of Authority”and his listener’s reaction to the idea of handing over to students the role of creating content for learning and the perceived lack of authority that may come from the student authorship. I wondered if maybe she was less worried about the authority, or accuracy, of [...]
Posted in 21st century classroom, change, education, technology on Nov 18th, 2007 6 Comments »
I am embarrassed at how long it has been between posts; blame it on writer’s block. So instead I caught up on my blog reading. Hurray for Google Reader! Now my head is spinning with discussion, lesson ideas, ideas for PD, and ways to move our classrooms closer to a 21st century model. Where [...]
