Independent School Educators network

February 2008 Blog Posts (10)

Search Blog Posts

Lifecycles

So I've been developing a plan to lifecycle faculty/staff laptops this summer. What to get was pretty easy. How many to get was pretty easy once I figured out how many laptops could fit in the building and divide that by three. Where they need to go wasn't too hard. Now I'm looking at the names of the people and thinking about how I'm going to pry the old laptops from their fingers and I think it's going to be a long summer.

Added by Chris Jones on February 26, 2008 at 3:52pm — 1 Comment

Digital Natives, Global Citizens

At long last, I've finished editing the wiki , "Digital Natives, Global Citizens," created by my 11th-grade students in response to our semester-long study of technology and civilization as part of my Language Arts class. Other than the editing, the wiki was created and designed by students from start to finish.



Here are some teasers from their Proposals for how to bring these issues to a larger audience:



"But… Continue

Added by Susan Davis on February 24, 2008 at 3:20pm — 6 Comments

World Literature

Several years ago I taught Modern World Literature as a one-semester English elective for seniors. At that time, I included texts such as Fountain and Tomb by Naguib Mahfouz; Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton; Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard; and The Sound of the Waves by Yukio Mishima. We also studied short stories by Kafka, Camus, and Marquez and the poetry of Octavio Paz.



I will be resurrecting that course as a junior/senior elective for the fall semester next year… Continue

Added by Cindy Douglass on February 21, 2008 at 1:22pm — No Comments

New to blogging

Hi Everyone,

I feel way to busy to do this, but feel that it's way to important not to do this. I already have another blog started so why don't you take a look over there.

Added by Susan Smith on February 20, 2008 at 4:05pm — No Comments

Powerful Learning Practice

Just a reminder that we are participating with Will Richardson and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach in a year-long professional development opportunity next fall. We are beginning to form the core group of 20 schools, so if you are interested, don't hesitate to email if you have questions. Here is part of my previous post. You can look for the rest below!

We, at Fredericksburg Academy, have the opportunity to participate in a national program with key people engaged in this process. The Powerful… Continue

Added by Susan Carter Morgan on February 18, 2008 at 6:43pm — 2 Comments

Great Read: Teaching for Tomorrow

I just read Ted McCain's Teaching for Tomorrow (2005). It is a quick (90 page) book that lays out a great rationale for changing pedagogy towards real-world project-based-learning where the teacher… Continue

Added by Demetri Orlando on February 16, 2008 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Doodle 4 Google Competition

Google announced a competition for k12 students today based on their famed Google Doodles, a whimsical tradition in which holidays and important dates are noted. Artist Dennis Hwang draws these doodles around the Google logo and can be viewed from time to time on Google's home page.



In this contest, students are asked to ponder the question, "What if..." and use their imaginations to construct their very own Google Doodle. The winner will have their doodle appear on Google's home… Continue

Added by Lucy Gray on February 13, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Content is Cheap and the Living is Easy

Next Monday, we'll spend a professional development day considering the following prompt:

The world is changing, content is cheap, and collaboration is easy. We should....

How would you answer that question? You can follow along with the discussion Collegiate-Richmond at this wiki.

http://willstalk.wikispaces.com/

I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Added by Jamie Britto on February 12, 2008 at 10:27am — 2 Comments

Ferlazzo's Fixed-Fights & Best Of Lists

This morning's blog post by Larry Ferlazzo offers excellent advice to those working with teachers to integrate educational technology. He says, "Identify teacher self-interests through listening and relationship-building, and afterwards help them see how using technology can help them get what they want — if it can." Then he mentions a…

Continue

Added by Demetri Orlando on February 10, 2008 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Illinois Technology Conference for Educators

I know many people will be attending NAIS about this time, but if you're looking for an alternative consider the following.



Illinois Computing Educators' annual conference is taking place in St. Charles IL

February 26-29 with the theme of Learning Outside Boundaries. Anyone is

welcome to attend. Our keynote speakers

this year are Dan Buettner of Blue Zones Quest fame and Mitch Resnick

of MIT.

Spotlight speakers include retired Mabry Middle School Principal… Continue

Added by Lucy Gray on February 9, 2008 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Featured Blog Posts

View All

Latest Blog Posts

Most Popular Blog Posts

Blog Topics by Tags

Monthly Archives

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

1999

1969

Latest Activity

Joel Josephson posted a discussion

ARTinED - A new approach to education using the arts

See More
17 hours ago
0 Comments
Jill Brown replied to Tami Brass's discussion What hardware are you choosing? in the group Windows 8 1to1 Programs
"We are just now looking at machines and are comparing the Lenovo and Fijitsu. Any current updates…"
Thursday
Alex White is now a member of Independent School Educators network
Thursday
Welcome Them!
Stephen Chan is now a member of Independent School Educators network
Wednesday
Welcome Them!
Fred Bartels posted a video

Noam Chomsky: Can civilisation survive really existing capitalism?

Noam Chomsky: Can civilisation survive really existing capitalism? UCD Philosophy Society Inaugural Lecture 2013 Full story: http://www.ucd.ie/news/2013/04AP...
Tuesday
0 Comments
Michelle Rust is now a member of Independent School Educators network
Monday
Welcome Them!
Matthew posted a blog post

Dispelling the Fear of the Flipped Classroom

Whenever I talk to fellow educators who are dubious of the flipped classroom model, it seems that…See More
Monday
0 Comments
Terrell Neuage posted a blog post

SOS China

SOS ChinaDinner seemed fine, just scrambled eggs with a bit of cheese and hash brown potatoes. But…See More
May 10
0 Comments

Welcome

to this network for and by educators using blogging, discussions, PLNs, list-servs, profiles, bookmarks, twitter, wikis, videos, and other tools to discuss teaching and learning.

Please read our Community Guidelines and know that most content posted on this site is publicly accessible.

More info:

   • Sign-up process
   • OK I joined. now what?

If you need help, please contact us.

© 2013   Created by Demetri Orlando.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service