Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Fritz hiked us up into the Flatirons west of Boulder this afternoon to talk about environmental history.
Nice idea. The concept that where you live impacts how you think and act is one that has been around for a while. But getting up a couple of miles into the foothills provided a great venue for talking [...]
Posted in learning, lesson plans on July 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
During my second year as a middle school teacher, I encountered my first passively non-compliant student. (I’m sure there were some my first year but I was just too clueless!)
John was not a classroom management problem but he very clearly was choosing not to participate in class, not to complete assignments and seemed completely comfortable [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was browsing through the archives of Dan Myer’s great Dy/Dan site and was reminded of a fantastic video I ran across several months ago.
Created by Stefan Nadelman of Portland Oregon, Food Fight
is an abridged history of American-centric war, from [...]
Posted in Google Earth, Google Maps, TIE, education, learning, teaching, technology integration on June 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve had the chance to present twice at the TIE conference here in Colorado. I know all the buzz is about NECC, its big names and huge number of sessions. But the TIE conference is an incredible place to be! It is perhaps the most teacher-friendly event I have ever attended. They really work to [...]
Posted in cool, physics, science, video games on June 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Okay . . . absolutely nothing to do with history or social studies but it is kinda techy so I’m passing it on. You’ll just have to deal with it. And I know once you play the game, you’ll be hooked. Thank me later!
The game is an online Flash game called Magic Pen and came [...]
Thanks for dropping in! Feel free to poke around. Consider this a companion to my other site over at Social Studies Central. We'll talk about a variety of things including tech integration, Social Studies, whatever I happen to be reading and probably some other stuff.
