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STEM in the Connected Classroom
I was gone to Boston last week to an “Engineering is Elementary” training so I was remiss in sharing my newest post at the “Voices from the Learning Revolution” blog. The post is entitled “Going Deep: STEM in the Connected...
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Sun, Mar 17 2013 9:55 PM
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Help make sense of this
I hear occasionally that K – 5 teachers are told that they no longer teach content area standards in science and social studies because they “teach the Common Core”. They are to address the science and social studies only through …...
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Mon, Feb 11 2013 2:22 PM
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Trout In The Classroom
One of the more engaging aspects of my job is supporting teachers doing science in their classrooms. Today I helped deliver trout eggs to 2 fourth grade classrooms that are participating in the Trout In The Classroom program. We swung … Continue...
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Wed, Feb 06 2013 11:44 AM
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Hand Held Windmills – Messy Learning At Its Finest
A few weeks back I posted about a training we did with teachers using windmills and wind turbines. This past week Lou Loftin and I were the show at a local school’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Night designed … Continue...
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Sun, Feb 03 2013 10:29 AM
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6 Year Anniversary – If A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, What Is A Video Worth?
This snuck up on me this year. THIS happened 6 years ago now when we Skyped a classmate into our class most days … a student that had leukemia and couldn’t attend school because of the chemo therapy. We still … Continue reading →...
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Sun, Jan 27 2013 10:00 PM
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STEM Education – What Could/Should That Look Like?
As I started my new job as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) facilitator for six counties in northern Nevada not long ago, one of my first self assigned tasks has been to clarify just what being a STEM school … Continue reading →...
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Sun, Jan 27 2013 12:02 PM
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Being Transparent When Things Get Messy
Last week while I was at our state science and math conference down in Las Vegas, I used Google Hangout and Todaysmeet to participate in a discussion about our book “Making Connections With Blogging” with a group of teachers in … Continue...
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Long Winded Morning
I got to spend the morning Monday in Gardnerville, Nevada, working with elementary and middle school teachers exploring wind energy. The Carson Range in early morning light, Gardnerville, Nevada. I was helping Lou Loftin, the...
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Wed, Jan 09 2013 9:00 PM
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Writing Experience Made In The Heavens
NASA just announced that the Mars rover Curiosity has made an important discovery. “One for the history books” they say. So what is it? NBC News, Space.com, NPR Think of the writing pieces your student could experience based on this real world...
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Tue, Nov 20 2012 10:00 PM
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Great Day For A Flight!
Click on the image below to watch the video (about 1 minute in length). My wife and I took our dog for a walk in the Tahoe Meadows above Lake Tahoe (about 8,500 feet elevation) – (see the Flickr Set … Continue reading → Read More...
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Sun, Oct 07 2012 4:50 PM
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Really? – LAUSD considers making arts education a ‘core subject’
Is this a sign that some level of common sense has returned to education? From the article in Southern California Public Radio: “The L.A. Unified school board will vote on a measure Tuesday that would make arts education a “core subject,”...
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Thu, Oct 04 2012 5:54 PM
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Traveling The Oregon Trail Yet Again, And Loving It!
I was helping my wife in her 4th grade class today installing the PVC pipe on her tables so each one becomes a covered wagon (Its been a few years now since I’ve been able to do this project … Continue reading → Read More...
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Sat, Sep 29 2012 8:13 PM
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Hmmm, Maybe It’s Not “Innovative”
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“Making Connections With Blogging” Is Published!
Our new book “Making Connections With Blogging” is out. Actually the book has been out for more than a month. The “Making Connections” part of the title is really what is stressed. From the ISTE web site: “Some students find...
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Tue, Jul 10 2012 12:51 AM
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Independence Day
It’s been a tough year or so under “new” administration, and short of actually revolting, a change needed to happen and so it has. I’ve taken a new position in my school district being the Gifted and Talented specialist at … Continue reading →...
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