Learning is Messy

Take a Virtual Field Trip To the Deserts and Grasslands of Africa

I still work with too many teachers that are reluctant to jump into the online learning world with their students because they don’t know how, don’t know how to make connections with classrooms or experts, and other various reasons. So … Continue...

Published Tue, Feb 03 2015 8:22 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Uncategorized, Student Access, Messy Learning, Project Based, Teacher Access, Field Trips, STEM

The STEM Missle (really MSTL)

In my job as STEM Learning Facilitator I travel hundreds of miles each month around the 6 counties in my region, but at times all around our state. One of the toughest challenges we face is the technology integration piece. … Continue reading →...

Published Sun, Dec 07 2014 11:52 AM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Uncategorized, Student Access, Inclusion, Literacy, Messy Learning, Web 2.0, Wikis, Teacher Access, Twitter, STEM

High Hopes Project 1st Design Meeting

I posted this over on our “High Hopes Project” blog and decided it fit well here too: We refer to The High Hopes Project as a “model” STEM project. One aspect of that modeling is that we’ve designed it to … Continue...

Published Mon, Dec 01 2014 2:31 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Student Access, Change, Messy Learning, Project Based, Wikis, Teacher Access, Cooperative Learning, Twitter, Video Skype, STEM, The High Hopes Project

Our Latest RECON Campaign

It’s been over a year since I last posted about RECON (Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network). From the project web site: “Have you ever wondered what’s found in the outer reaches of our solar system? It turns out many,...

Published Fri, Nov 14 2014 2:27 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Student Access, Messy Learning, Project Based, Teacher Access, STEM

Close Reading? OK, How About Close Doing?

“Reading” Sebastien Wiertz Close reading is one of the “strategies du jour”. From the Common Core State Standards in ELA: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make...

Published Mon, Oct 06 2014 1:42 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Student Access, Inclusion, Change, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Teacher Access, Cooperative Learning, Field Trips, STEM

Sometimes You Feel Like You Have Not Even A Remote Idea Of What’s Going On!

Several folks from my department were asked to present on various topics during a school district’s Professional Development day today. Literacy, math, assessment, science, STEM, … the gamut of what we all do. The day took place at one of...

Published Fri, Sep 19 2014 3:53 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Brian Crosby, Messy Learning, Teacher Access

Student Tissue Paper Balloon and High Altitude Launches At The Great Reno Balloon Races

In an earlier post I quoted a press release that stated that 900+ students and teachers would participate in the Great Reno Balloon Race, Tissue Paper Balloon Launch Day. A last minute surge of participants put the number closer to … Continue reading...

Published Sun, Sep 07 2014 10:05 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Student Access, Messy Learning, Project Based, Teacher Access, STEM

Tissue Paper Hot Air Balloon Construction and Launching

Tissue paper hot air balloons are one of those powerful STEM learning experiences that lend themselves so well to being cross-curricular. There are the construction aspects that include measurement (length & angles for example) and skills like cutting...

Published Sun, Sep 07 2014 4:55 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Student Access, Messy Learning, Project Based, Teacher Access, Cooperative Learning, STEM

Send Your Students’ (and anyone else’s) High Hopes Up High

Note: If after reading this post you decide to participate leave your “High Hopes” Here. Doug Taylor and I started the High Hopes Project back in 2010, when we were both teaching 4th grade. Doug had seen this article about … Continue...

Published Mon, Sep 01 2014 11:49 AM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Student Access, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM

Tissue Paper Hot Air Balloons to Launch at Great Reno Balloon Races

From a Press Release today: “900 Students from northwest Nevada will descend on Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno, site of the Great Reno Balloon Race, on Friday, September 5, 2014, to launch their own hot air balloons which they … Continue reading...

Published Mon, Sep 01 2014 9:21 AM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Student Access, Messy Learning, Cooperative Learning, Field Trips, STEM

Beginning the Year Activities

I’ve written this blog post before because I found building the community in the classroom so crucial. Why wait? Start off right away giving students opportunities and experiences that lead to a collaborative atmosphere. “Beginning of the...

Published Sun, Aug 17 2014 3:11 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Uncategorized

Nevada Tahoe Teacher STEM Institute

3 weeks ago we participated in the Nevada Tahoe Teacher STEM Institute. Over 50 K – 9 teachers from all over Nevada came to the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, for … Continue...

Published Sat, Aug 16 2014 4:50 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Student Access, Inclusion, Blogging, Change, Literacy, Messy Learning, Web 2.0, Project Based, Wikis, Teacher Access, Cooperative Learning, Field Trips, STEM, Project Wet

Why should education leaders embrace digital technologies in their schools?

Why should education leaders embrace digital technologies in their schools? 1) If you are in a state that adopted the “Common Core State Standards” (CCSS) you really don’t have a choice. There are many (yes many) English Language Arts...

Published Thu, Aug 14 2014 6:38 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Student Access, Blogging, Change, 1:1, Messy Learning, Project Based, Digital Video, Teacher Access, Cooperative Learning, Field Trips, Reform, STEM, 3D Printing, Coding, Cyberbullying

What a Hoot!

Last Friday my wife and I were invited up to Galena Creek Park just outside of Reno, Nevada, to participate in a program designed to inform the general public and educators about the learning opportunities provided there by the Great Basin Institute....

Published Wed, Aug 13 2014 8:39 PM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Uncategorized

Lake Tahoe Launch … Messy and Worth It – The Short Version

So after last week’s debacle … we learned to be patient and wait for better wind conditions. Here’s the short version of what happened. We inflated on the beach at DL Bliss State Park: Paddle boarded the balloon out where the...

Published Thu, Jun 26 2014 9:48 AM by Learning Is Messy - Blog

Filed under: Education, Technology, Student Access, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based, Digital Video, Teacher Access, Field Trips, STEM

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