Thanks to our principal, Mr. Hinds, for showing “Bring on the Learning Revolution!” during our final staff meeting of the school year today. I had seen Sir Ken Robinson’s other TED video, “Schools Kill Creativity”, but had somehow missed this later lecture from Sir Ken Robinson. I really loved everything about this inspirational speech, but … Read more
Here is another summer recommendation for parents: How about choosing one or two “Sick Science” videos each week to watch, and then supervise your child performing the experiment? These videos, produced by Steve Spangler Science, are short how-to videos for all kinds of science projects that can be done at home. One of my personal … Read more
A couple of posts ago, I linked to an interesting post by Heather Wolpert-Gawron in which her eighth graders give suggestions for engaging students in class. Mrs. Cunningham, a first grade teacher at my school, decided to find out what her group felt about ways to stay engaged, and videotaped their responses. The video is … Read more
Most of the traffic to this blog, lately, seems to be headed for my posts about QR codes. So, I thought you might enjoy this video I found on the different ways McGuffey School District in Claysville, PA uses QR codes. I like the title for their project, “Mobile Zebra”! I also like that they show … Read more
Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show is a website that has short videos with easy directions on how to make a wide range of items – from the soft-circuitry products featured in the photo above to paper rockets and sidewalk chalk. Sylvia is a kid with a lot of personality and very engaging videos. If you are … Read more
“Classroom Game Design“, a TEDx video presented by Paul Andersen, suggests an interesting idea for organizing your classroom. Why not leverage the fascination that many youngsters today have with gaming by making your own classroom a video game? Have your students earn Experience Points to “level up” and gain new freedoms (and responsibilities) in the … Read more