Nobody is more of an advocate of technology in the classroom than I am, but I think the discussion of 21st century skills can sometimes border on silliness. For example, I know we like to judge classrooms of days gone by saying they lacked “critical thinking” and “collaboration,” but in reality, the great teachers of
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FRIDAY is the deadline for submitting proposals for the excellent NCCE technology conference, held in 2012 on March 13-16 in lovely Seattle, Washington. Mike and plan to submit several proposals and encourage you to as well!
I have decidedly mixed experience with problem based learning. Despite my past, however, I think there is a lot of ways that problem-based learning can be used to some positive effect in classrooms. That said, I was amused at this Common Craft video, sponsored by PBL super-advocates, the Buck Institute: The reality I faced in
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There seems to be a lot of excitement around Google + in education and understandably so. It seems like it is the well-thought out social networking tool that education, and indeed the entire professional world. As educators process the point of this tool, there is a lot of buzz (sorry… had to use the word…
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As the Curriculum Director of Montana’s statewide virtual school, I have on office on the University of Montana campus. Unfortunately, UM’s campus is in Missoula and I still live in Helena, Montana, roughly 90 minutes away. Although I telecommute quite a bit, I do usually drive to Missoula at least once a week and spend
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