November 2011
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On Having and Giving Up Expectations
I try to give up having expectations for those around me and having expectations for experiences as often as I can, because I believe the mantra that when we approach life with no expectations, it’s very hard to be disappointed. I love the idea of “beginner’s mind”, where we choose to remind ourselves of how little we really know about what’s going on around us and...
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Designing Course Expectations that Determine and...
In this job you’re never not thinking about teaching.
Last night I woke up at 4am, apparently because my brain was processing ideas for the upcoming term, and I had to write some things down.
If you don’t have Noteshelf for the Ipad, it’s a terrific app that lets you write really easily using your finger or a stylus (I prefer stylus).
I wanted to get down some ideas about...
Reflections from over 11,000 blog posts →
Great advice from a blogger 10 years in the making:
10 lessons learned:
Blogging is communal: In 2008, I wrote that “blogging is not just an act of publishing but also a communal activity. It is more than leaving comments; it is about creating connections.” That is the single biggest lesson learned of these past 10 years. Every connection has lead to a new idea, new thought and a new...
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Facing the Truth about Education: There's no...
I hear educators say that “Technology is a tool and we have to use it wisely to achieve our outcomes” in schools. We decide what we want our students to know/understand/do and find the technology that best suits that type of learning. Targeted Technology Use. Sure, sounds nice, and perfect, but crucially: it sounds manageable.
But, it’s also true that the technology will...
polygonal-lasso asked: I’ve thought about this a lot too, but the issue I keep running into is how exactly laboratory classrooms would work. I mean sure, there are charter schools, but even they have to conform to the current larger structures we have in education. Any ideas I come up with would require exemption of the students that I’m working with from that larger structure, and I don’t see that...
Is REAL Formative Assessment Even Possible? - The... →
Insightful reflections on one teacher’s journey into the demands of formative assessment.
I’m really starting to wonder whether or not effective formative assessment is even possible in the classroom.
Here’s why: I’ve spent the first four weeks of this school year trying to make formative assessment a bigger part of my own instructional practices—and it’s damn near killed me.
Don’t get...
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Flaws in Education Research
I totally flaked on my intention to blog the “Learning and the Brain” conference last weekend.
They cram so much into the day, that I’d lose the chance at taking notes and processing some of the information if I simply reported on what was happening (which was the form many of the microblogs from the conference were taking). People were tweeting under the hashtag #lb30, but it...
Gamification for Learning in the Classroom →
world-shaker:
In it’s basic form it is using the techniques behind gaming as a basis for classroom learning. Gaming involves problem solving, replaying parts of the game again and again until you get to the next level, finishing off an end of level adversary and can involve multiplayer opportunities where teams work together to solve the problems they face. As players progress through...
On Tracks
I’ve never travelled from Trenton to Boston on the train. It’s early. The quiet car is still quiet.
I boarded, slipping through car after car of sleeping passengers, likely in their fourth or fifth hours of travel.
Dawn now floods the horizon as we glide past the new york skyline, a lawn of navy silhouettes superimposed on orange. I feel the weight of waking hours pressing on my...
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Journey To Boston: Learning and the Brain
Heading to the Fall 2011 Learning and the Brain conference tomorrow morning (bright and early). The Keynote begins at 1:30 and I should be on the train for 5 or so hours.
I will blog. All weekend.
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