The nice thing about the snow and the end of the semester is that I can finally sit down to do some reading- reading that I want to do, not what I am told to read. On my growing list of books is Dan Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School? It is definitely a provocative …
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for: ‘2009’
Free iPhone/iPod Touch Apps- Math
I need to ease back into blogging. It has been awhile since I posted anything (relevant or otherwise), and I feel a bit guilty. In an effort to post something somewhat new and quasi-worthwhile, I am including links to “educational” applications for iPhone and iPod Touch units that are currently free but will cost money …
What is learning?
It was either serendipitous or ironic that the two videos featured below popped into my digital radar this week. As you watch and compare/contrast the videos, consider a couple of educational questions that are batted hither-and-yon in the edublogosphere: What are the implicit/explicit learning objectives (stated and unstated) for the students? Standards-based or real world? …
Digital Fabrication & Geometry
The text below is a “rough” literature review connecting digital fabrication systems/techniques to elementary students’ understanding of geometry. I decided to create a post with my work because I think that it could be a valuable resource for people other than my professor and me. I have included links in appropriate places. Direct links to …
Desktop Manufacturing in K12 Schools
Fast Company’s Jamais Cascio wrote an interesting article entitled The Desktop Manufacturing Revolution a couple of months ago. In the piece, Jamais describes the coming of a digital fabrication revolution when everyday people will be able to take a digital design, import it into a personal computer, and then send the file to specialized hardware …
Technology Use Guidelines
This post is written by Jennifer Roland, a newly acquired Twitter friend and a colleague of my mentor, Glen Bull. First, I’d like to thank Willy for hosting me on my blog tour. When I approached Willy to ask if he would open up his blog to me for a day, we talked about some …
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