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Okay, so there is more to science than just curiosity & skepticism- but if my young students leave my class with that understanding, I’d be a happy human. I’ve been grappling for awhile now with how to introduce my 14-15 year old freshmen to what it means to be a scientist. Science is too often [...] Yesterday’s “21st Century Skills” PD session marked milestone of sorts. While there has been much talk about using computers and technology in our classrooms, the conversations among colleagues yesterday had a different tone than anything I had previously been privy to. About 15 people came to the session I helped facilitate. I was glad the [...] There’s a lively discussion going on over at Ben Grey’s joint related to whether programming should be something students are required to encounter during their time at school. This discussion started at the Constructing Modern Knowledge Summer Institute (CMK09)- which I was lucky enough to attend. Several speakers at the conference stated that programming is [...] Do you remember your first day in high school? Perhaps you were in a new building- more likely than not surrounded by many new, unfamiliar, and large faces? I vaguely remember being excited, yet apprehensive and anxious. Would I be able to hack it? Would I make some good friends? Would it be a fun [...] Rocks If you poll my students on what they feel is the most boring subject matter in geology, you would almost certainly hear: “rocks.” Let’s face it, even for this teacher with a degree in geology, rocks aren’t the most compelling of subjects. Now, let’s imagine you need to cover a whole assortment of technical [...] There’ s a school in them there Woods. Matt Schlein raised the funds to purchase 260 acres of land and open the Walden Project- an innovative high school where class is held outdoors (except for when they have it in a motley-looking tent). The curriculum is based around Thoreau’s writing, but by no means is [...] |
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