Carolyn Foote wrote this week about the new Pew study on the effects of technology on teen writing. An article about the study in eSchool News (free subscription - well worth it - required) pulls out a few details that for me, at least, suggest some weird thinking. The “news” that
[t]eens who […]
Category Archives: project-based learning
For the Roses: My Latest Position on Classroom Blogging
May 1, 2008 – 5:29 am
Muhammad Ali: A D- Student? Or an F- School?
April 27, 2008 – 2:38 am
[Update 2: Goodness! A 75-comment debate exploded in less than a day. Best sustained conversation among all commenters (not just responding to the post) that I’ve ever seen on this blog. A true “cocktail party” about an important subject: Assessing with a bias toward writing, versus assessing to reward non-written communication skills equally in grades.] […]
Project Global Cooling Blows in to Bangkok
April 23, 2008 – 4:43 pm
International School of Bangkok’s Justin Medved asked me to spread the word about their elementary and middle school Project Global Cooling events, both of which will be Ustreamed:
Middle School Concert for Climate Change - 12-2 pm Bangkok Time on Thursday April 24th
Elementary Earth Day Festival - 8am - 1pm Bangkok time on Friday April 25th
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Education as Pretense: Schooly “Speeches” versus Real “Talks”
April 23, 2008 – 12:01 pm
The always-interesting Doug Noon of Borderlands wrote a post recently that’s worth a click, but here’s the gist:
This post is about the talking part of student presentations, and helping kids to develop an actual public speaking voice. I discovered last week, by accident, just how much my students have to learn about talking in front […]
Student Project Blog as “Business”?! Podcast with Two PLN Class Students
April 22, 2008 – 1:22 am
Jaeho and Younsuk were gracious enough to give me a half hour of their time this Monday night for this Skype interview about the Basketball Without Borders blog and podcast project. I’ll go ahead and re-embed the video interview I shot with them directly after their Skype interview with their college basketball hero KJ […]
