http://www.janseiter.com IDEAS IN EDUCATION Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:34:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://www.janseiter.com/?p=66 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 ... http://www.janseiter.com/?p=65 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, ... http://www.janseiter.com/?p=63 Browsing channels, there was a five hour program called "The Great Debate" with popular celbrities "debating" interesting topics.  I didn't see it, just caught the information blurb.  I've got to see if I can find it and use it. http://www.janseiter.com/?p=59 I manage 4 different email accounts, track many blogs (as you can see from my blogroll), teach 3 college courses and spend as much time as I can with my granddaughters.  I have found the time this summer to read two books (one for fun), worked diligently in the backyard ... http://www.janseiter.com/?p=58 I have been lurking in the halls of education this week.  The students are on autopilot - between AP testing, EOC tests, prom (read PROM!!!!), yearbooks, graduation invitations and plans, and, oh yes, some instruction, the organization at this time of year is in constant swirl mode. I noticed the calendar ... http://www.janseiter.com/?p=57 At this time of year, everyone is smiling.  Students, because they'll go to prom, graduate, get a summer job, get on with their life...and teachers, well, you know why... We also tend to review what went well and what did not.  In John Young's column of April 12 in the Waco Tribune-Herald, ... http://www.janseiter.com/?p=56 I have mentioned several times here that my son-in-law is one of my favorite people and an officer in the Army.  He returns from Afghanistan in a few days.  Welcome home, Scott. http://www.janseiter.com/?p=55 In discussing audience analysis, I emphasize that my student presenters look beyond themselves.  It's no longer about "me", but about communicating with the audience.  It's a very big leap for adolescents.  They mostly want to go back to the way they presented in grade school, when that was "good enough".  ... http://www.janseiter.com/?p=54 I have done this 'final project' for the last three years in a variety of ways, and I still am getting a variety of results.  Hhmmmmm.... The project involves having students run a business (virtual) on the computer.  I never seem to have enough time to 1) make them comfortable with ... http://www.janseiter.com/?p=53