January 2010
14 posts
Is it okay to be distracted at Educon?
Excited to be at Educon! I’m here with an idea that I want to flesh out. Perhaps it’s a bit strange to be working on a curriculum plan of my own, but maybe that will give me a focus — and a way to invite others into this proposal, plan, curriculum. I know this may seem like a distraction, but this is what I wrote before dropping off last night. I actually don’t think it is...
WatchBridgeTalks Jan 28. 2010 | East West School of International Studies | Veoh
“Some commercial copying is OK. For example, when a giant movie studio sits down...”
– Copyright, companies, individuals and news: the rules of the road | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk (via steph)
Renee Hobbs and Troy Hicks to Discuss Fair Use on...
Our friend and colleague, Chris Sloan, from the Wasatch Range Writing Project in Utah invited Renee Hobbs and Troy Hicks to join us on this week’s Teachers Teaching Teachers. (By the way, if you would like to plan and produce a TTT webcast like Chris did this week, please email Paul Allison or Susan Ettenheim.) Here’s how Chris Sloan describes his thinking for Wednesday’s live...
Teaching computer games →
Ayiti: Game as Common Text
I’ve been totally delighted in how Ayiti functions as a shared text among students from different classes. Some play the game at home on their own, and report to me things like: “I was able to give all of the children a good life in the future by buying a lot at the beginning.” Three students who have never asked to come up during lunch asked for a pass so that they could play...
Katherine Shulten and the Learning Network -- and...
Please join us on this week’s Teachers Teaching Teachers live webcast at http://edtechtalk.com/live tomorrow, Wednesday, January 11th. You can tune us in or join us on Skype at 9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific USA Wednesdays / 01:00 UTC Thursdays World Times. Our guest this week will be Katherine Shulten one of the Editors of the Learning Network at the New York Times. (Holly Epstein Ojalvo,...
“On the one hand, we are called to play the Good Samaritan on life’s roadside,...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968
Getting Ready for the Spring on Teachers Teaching...
We’ve got some follow-up’s, and some room for new voices on this week’s Teachers Teaching Teachers.We’ve invited teachers who are new to Youth Voices to join us to talk about what they might be planning for the coming semester. Also, Paul has invited several of his students on the show to explain more about gaming. These students were listening and in the chat room on...
Registration and Questions about Youth Voices
Jennifer,
What a thoughtful email! I’m working on a more complete response. I’m also trying to see if we could get you in touch with a teacher, Renee Dryg whose sixth graders have been using Youth Voices this semester. You might look at their work by going here: http://youthvoices.net/school/young-womens-leadership-school-astoria-nyc-usa/22920 They are also very active on the...
We are getting schooled on games this week on...
If you were itching to include gaming in your curriculum, what would you do? Susan and I are starting by having a conversation with some pretty cool people on this week’s Teachers Teaching Teachers, Wednesday, January 6, 2009, 9:00 p.m. Eastern / 6:00 Pacific. We’d love for you to join us too, at http://edtechtalk.com/live. Come learn more about gaming with us from these amazing...
goodbye 2009, welcome 2010.
One of my 10th graders, anthoullaaa put this on her personl tumblr:
Well today was a pretty awesome day, I’ll do this in the way it started.
I went to sleep at 2:30am &woke up at 8:30am to go to church. At first I couldnt even keep my eyes open and i would see everything in a blur… after a few splashes of cold aqua i was good to go. I wore my purple dress with my chocolate UGGs -extremly...