Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
@davecormier I laughed at Oakland pretty much the whole game. Not good football. in reply to davecormier # Just realized that, since we changed the filter, MySpace/Facebook fair game for digital footprint work I'm doing with 9th graders today. # I had filter blindness. Whoops. These things matter. # What do your technologies condition you […]
Read More The Week in Tweets for 2009-09-28I’m spending some time today with the folks at Flagstaff Academy in Longmont and digging into an old bag of tricks. Can you guess which slide is the yarn slide? Flagstaff folk – I hope we can continue some of the conversations that we started today here in the comments. I’d love to hear your […]
Read More The Textile NetworkSpending the morning with our elementary math curriculum adoption team and the afternoon with our elementary lab managers. Busy Monday. # Very thoughtful dialogue from the math committee as they discuss current math program. Important work. # Is filling out a questionnaire an interview? # I ask because I keep getting them in my email. […]
Read More The Week in Tweets for 2009-09-21I’m enjoying the review of the week’s tweets that I am basically assigning myself to read. Looking at the weekly post is a way to review my thinking over that time, and now posting a tweet is also writing a short note to myself that I’ll read the following week. Here’s one from the other […]
Read More For Vicki – An Expanded TweetRun's done. # @lloydcrew The beach, huh? Nice. Enjoy your first day back. in reply to lloydcrew # @ddraper We have it open in our district after a year of having it blocked. I need to write more about that – but I say no, don't block. in reply to ddraper # @buffyjhamilton Yes. It's […]
Read More The Week in Tweets for 2009-09-14The President will be speaking to students at 12:00 EST today about the importance of education. You may have heard about it. There are plenty of places that you can watch the talk – but I thought I’d stick a viewer here just in case.
Read More The President’s Remarks to Students – 2009This morning, Darren mentioned that he’s decided to block Facebook in his school district. To his credit, he then asked: Nonetheless, I’m as sure as you are that this is a debate far from over, and therefore maintain a stance of open inquiry into whether or not we’re doing the right thing. So give it […]
Read More The Filter. For the Moment.Can our kids opt out of other building assemblies? # How about civics class? Can our students opt out of that, too? # @jonbecker Yeah, I know. But this one's weird. in reply to jonbecker # @milobo Better question. in reply to milobo # @budtheteacher Here's my Q: If there's an option to opt out, […]
Read More The Week in Tweets Ending 2009-09-07Gary Stager: Are there worksheets on the upside of slavery? Equal time assumes all positions have equal merit. They don’t. Learning and institutions are subjective, no matter how loudly we suggest they’re not. Attempting to pretend otherwise is destructive and self-defeating. And yet.
Read More Equal Time & Opting OutThe Boston Globe reports that Cushing Academy will be eliminating their library and replacing their 20,000 physical volumes with 18 e-readers. And a cappucino machine. The article goes on quote various experts lamenting or praising the decision. My only question is this: How bad was circulation in their library when the assumption is that 18 […]
Read More 20,000 Volumes. 18 e-Readers. (Only 18?)