After a very relaxing trip around Thailand (Krabi, Ayutthaya, Bangkok and Chiang Mai) with some friends from Munich, I’m gearing up for a few new projects in the second semester: 1001 Flat World Tales Project (grade 4) I had a blast participating in this collaborative writing project begun by Clay Burell last year. This time…
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One of my goals for this year was to try social networking in the classroom. I really enjoyed exploring and connecting on all of the various educational social networks last semester, so I wanted to bring that kind of experience into the classroom setting this year. For me, the power of social networking, especially in…
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Over the past few months Justin, Dennis, Annelies, Struan, Teresa (our elementary curriculum coordinator extraordinaire) and I have been working diligently to develop our essential understandings and essential questions about 21st century literacy in order to develop a workable framework for authentically embedding technology into our core curricular units of study. It’s been a long…
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A few weeks ago, I gathered a small group of especially bright fifth grade students to act as a Sounding Board for the Flat Classroom Project. I did the same thing last year with my eighth grade IT class and was really impressed with what they learned. In all honesty, I was a little nervous…
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We had two absolutely fantastic grade 5 classes participating in the Life ‘Round Here project over the last two months. Not only did our two teachers, Jennifer and Sandra, jump on board with more energy and enthusiasm than I’ve seen in a long time, but they also made sure to keep their classes learning and…
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