A journey into the cloud…
I’ve really been thinking about this. Our school systems in the United States formed with local boards of education so that the community’s education goals direct what happens in their school. … Continue Reading Purpose of Education #immooc
Kevin Hodgson created an #IMMOOC Innovative Mindset Google Plus Community for conversation, sharing, and collaboration about spreading this idea of Innovation, based on the book study mooc started by George Couros … Continue Reading #IMMOOC Building Mindsets
A3: I love that students catch a vision for learning w/o the threat or reward of grades hanging over their heads. #geniushour #SoFLEdChat — Denise Krebs (@mrsdkrebs) February 12, … Continue Reading Slice of Life SOL Friend’s Quote
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 410 … Continue Reading #140WC 2014 in review
As I plan my lessons and projects with student interests in mind, as I encourage their collaboration and problem-solving, and as I teach the lessons from the standards to … Continue Reading #140WC Messy
Kids added more boxes and space on their own. Love kid edcamps #miched pic.twitter.com/EHoPxtuxUj — christina ostrander (@costrand16) December 18, 2014 Great Idea Have you tried a kid edcamp? I … Continue Reading #140WC Kid EdCamp Thinking
Project-based Learning Framework http://t.co/LHN2rACS5b #pbl #pblworld #pblchat #edchat #ISEDchat #Caedchat — Dean J. Fusto (@DJFTLL) December 15, 2014 Dean Fusto clearly explains his framework for implementing Project Based Learning. … Continue Reading #140WC Project Based Learning
RT @iNicoleKenney: Accept success is a messy process #learnfwd14 @mrslacasse @slinzenbold @iGraceWhite pic.twitter.com/zDVK7JMNuy #givercraft — Lee Graham (@ak_leeg) December 12, 2014 Success is messy. We want students to learn every … Continue Reading #140WC Success is Messy
It’s been an amazing adventure: GiverCraft. We read The Giver by Lois Lowry; we joined the GiverCraft MineCraftEDU community. We built a community based on evidence from the story, … Continue Reading #140WC Thanks #Givercraft
We’ve read The Giver by Lois Lowry, and loved it. We participated in GiverCraft to deepen our understanding. Next we’ll watch the movie. My students will notice the differences, … Continue Reading #140WC Author Choices
Creativity = Connections Creativity is innovation. If, as a country, we want innovators and innovative educators and businesses, then we must develop our ability to make connections in diverse ways. … Continue Reading #140WC Creativity
Everything was calm last week. The community was built by our group of collaborators, designing and building together based on evidence from the book, The Giver. This week: chaos! The … Continue Reading #140WC More Time
I’m thankful I have such thoughtful students. In my class, we read The Giver, and we’re re-reading the book for evidence in the multi-player MineCraftEDU game, GiverCraft. Our rules … Continue Reading #140WC Somebody built a wall
Tonight after an errand with my husband and a quick dinner, I settled in to the usual: homework. This is not homework from a class I’m taking. No, this is … Continue Reading #140WC Not Enough Time
‘ I love Twitter. Can’t you just get lost sometimes? Stumbling through Twitter links, I started with Google Folders; found a link to free download on Digital Fluency_Snapshot, looked around that … Continue Reading #140WC #PBL
Light It’s summer: Sense Uninterrupted Musings Making Engaging Renewing! I am enlightened by my reading, writing, conversing, and connecting. It spawns new ideas for next year, focusing … Continue Reading Summer
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