[I'm happy to introduce today's guest-blogger, Adrienne Michetti, a Canadian teaching in Vietnam whose comments on this blog over the past couple of months have constantly given me food for thought and learning.  Adrienne's response to my "Taking Back Teaching: A Forgotten History" post prompted me to invite this guest-post, and frankly, I suspect Adrienne [...]

Is there an educator out there who has the digital story-telling* skills Bill Farren shows in this work? If so, I’m not aware of it. From the message (the use of fear in population control) to the medium (archival footage, skillful titling, rhythmic audio-video editing, original music, and so much more), I literally have not [...]

[Fourth in a series: 1. My Intro to Bill: "Beyond 'Did You Know?' - 'Did You Ever Wonder?'"; 2.  "Education for Well-Being"; 3. "The Hidden Curriculum"; 4. "Random Acts of Deceleration".  It's been an honor to have Bill guest-blog here.  We need vision like his.  You can subscribe to Bill's Education for Well-Being site here. [...]

[This is guest-post number two by my long-time global partner Chris Watson in Honolulu, with whom I've collaborated in Seoul for over a year now. See Chris' first guest post here. -- Clay] Remixing Curriculum: An Interview with Lisa Stewart Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the Learning and the Brain conference in [...]

[Note: "Talking Story" is an expression we use in Hawaii to set the tone for a conversation. Instead of focusing on solving a problem, coming to a conclusion, or debating an issue, talking story means to share experiences and anecdotes that relate to the issue at hand. I think it's an appropriate expression for web [...]

[Bill Farren posts his third weekly installment on Education for Well-Being (the full series: my intro “Beyond ‘Did You Know?’ - A Video for Viral Times: ‘Did You Ever Wonder?’“; Bill’s first guest-post, “Education for Well-Being“; Bill’s second guest-post, “The Hidden Curriculum“; and Seoul sophomore Patrick Nam’s outstanding podcast interview with Bill for Project Global [...]

More in that quest Doug Belshaw mentioned: how to take student presentations beyond the god-awful Powerpoint or nose-against-the-notecard varieties. Student Amy made this for our Sentence Style wiki. Projected it on the screen via LCD, and I was spellbound. Watch the creativity, as grammar homework approaches film art. Have I mentioned I’m amazed? I want [...]