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Chalk Dust Torture

I think of my humanities class as basically a project based course. I rarely give paper and pencil tests. Partly because I hated taking them when I was a student, partly because I hate grading them as a teacher and partly because I just believe there are better ways to demonstrate understanding. Even the GoogleContinue reading “Chalk Dust Torture”

Catch A Fire

I stopped reading to start my post when I hit the following quote from the Edutopia article What is Successful Technology Integration. Willingness to embrace change is also a major requirement for successful technology integration. Nailed it. There’s no place for complacency when it comes to technology in schools. If there was we’d still be usingContinue reading “Catch A Fire”

Shout it Out Loud: Course 3 Final Project

First of all, I spent way too much time on this assignment. But that’s ok, because I really dig this kind of stuff. I had a good time working through my design, redesigning, scratching it and starting over and finally coming up with a finalish product. I’m pretty sure I’ll tweak this more in theContinue reading “Shout it Out Loud: Course 3 Final Project”

Show me a sign

Infographics. Why don’t I remember to use them more in my classes? When I’ve used them in the past, students have absolutely loved them. I’ve even taken a shot or two at having students create their own. From that experience I learned that it takes a good bit of explaining and patience. I might getContinue reading “Show me a sign”

Stir It Up

As soon as I started reading the EduCase Learning Initiative article about digital storytelling, my gears started spinning. I knew exactly how this would fit with my teaching. Setting Last year out 8th grade worked on an oral history project at the end of the year as a service learning experience. This takes it toContinue reading “Stir It Up”

The Rise of EdCampAcc Part 2

I believe the Edcamp should be organised frequently as the world is always changing by the minute and thus we need to constantly exchange ideas. – EdCampACC participant The morning of EdCampAcc I still really had no idea what to expect. Remember, I had never been to an EdCamp before and neither had anyone whoContinue reading “The Rise of EdCampAcc Part 2”

The Rise of EdCampAcc

Fair warning. This post has nothing to do with COETAIL, except that I have tried to apply some of what I’ve learned from the courses. But I’ve got this blog and figure I should use it. Oh, and it got kind of long, so I broke it into two parts. This is part one. I don’tContinue reading “The Rise of EdCampAcc”

Too Much

For several years I outlawed PowerPoint in my classroom. I just got tired of students reading four hundred bullet points to me for three or four periods a day. For many of them, this just meant they used an alternate program that they could do the same thing with. Some of them even realized thatContinue reading “Too Much”

Kodachrome

When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, its a wonder I can think at all – Paul Simon, Kodachrome Images. I love images. I like to pretend like I’m an amateur photographer. I even did a weekly photo challenge thing for awhile. Then life caught up with meContinue reading “Kodachrome”

Back in the Saddle

The Return It feels like its been quite some time since the last entry to this blog for class. I feel a little out of practice. Of course I had all kind of intentions of continuing to blog through the summer as I enjoyed some quality professional development and quality vacation. But as they sayContinue reading “Back in the Saddle”