Video projects: Lip service only

n my traditional cavalier/reckless fashion, I designed a project where students would create videos as the final product. I have two video cameras1 (a Flip and my point & shoot that shoots video), MovieMaker, three microphones, and a lack of experience with the moving picture medium.

Students got into groups, randomly selected a family of elements, and [...]

A hole in the(ir) filter (logic)

I officially addressed the rest of the school improvement team with my concerns over the draconian level of filtration at my school. I essentially said something like, “We’re charged with educating students for the 21st Century, yet we’re telling them they can’t use the tools of the 21st century. We’re missing a major opportunity to educate [...]

Filter frustration

Monday Afternoon

The school tech came into my room and asked me to restart my computer for the work order I had put in. I told him that I hadn’t put a work order in. He told me that he still needed me to restart my computer because of an update they did with the school’s web [...]