“If they don’t know, they’ll have a go!”

Still in Colby, America as part of the iConnect UnConference. We’ve been having some great conversation about how we as educators can do our jobs better. The basic question has been – “What should schools look like and how can we work to make that vision happen?”
As the discussion starter this morning, we watched Sir [...]

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Google Earth and 21st Century Learners

Been gone a while! The end of school was upon me and I was a bit overwhelmed.
Spending the next few days in Colby and Haysville, Kansas talking with a small group of hard-thinking teachers at the iConnect Conference. It’s a different way of doing a conference and so far, lots of fun. It’s billed as [...]

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Budget Hero!

Want to be a hero?
American Public Media, the group running many of the our public radio programs, has just created a very cool budget simulation that lets you solve America’s financial difficulties.
Budget Hero is an engaging and journalistically sound game that encourages players to think through the complexities and challenges of the federal budget and [...]

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Calisphere and using pics to teach history

Was catching up on my online reading over the weekend and had the pleasure of spending some time over at David Warlick’s 2 Cents Worth site. He wrote about a presentation he was able to sit in on last week that highlighted some interesting teacher resources.
One that David mentioned caught my eye and I came [...]

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Tip of the Week – Cubing

Cubing is a technique used by teachers around the country. It can help prepare students for reading or writing activities by having them think about a specific topic on six levels of cognition. It can also be used to focus on building vocabulary.
Cubing can be done on an individual level or as an entire [...]

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