Aug
24
Great article to start off the year…
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http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2010/08/thinking-out-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+edublogs+%28Ewan+McIntosh+%7C+Digital+Media+%26+Education%29
Ewan McIntosh shared this article and several updates yesterday. Goes right along with the TED presentation by Stuart Brown on the value of play.
Apr
18
Manor ISD Tech Academy
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This week I had the opportunity to visit and observe the Manor HS new Technological Academy. The academy is a math/science focused school that has strictly a PBL (problem or project based learning) curriculum.
I was NOT impressed at all with this new school nor do I believe the claims they make. Further, I believe that […]
Nov
21
Journals
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The thoughts have been rolling around in here for awhile. Mainly, Thoreau’s “simplify” has been echoing alongside the riff of texting/blogging/twittering/facebooking/emailing/IMing that bombards my consciousness daily. Obviouisly (in the way that this blog is growing rust) I don’t participate as much as lurk.
This is about students.
The traditionalist teacher in me says, “Put that away and pay […]