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Last year, as our school began its 1:1 BYOL program in the 7th grade, I had the opportunity to redesign our Latin IA course to incorporate technology within the Latin program. In doing so, I redeveloped our introductory level curriculum around thematic “modules” that are each split between core content work and a project devoted on some cultural component, e.g.…
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So, the “Major Project” is completed. Students are currently doing the very last activity-writing a reflection blog post about what they learned – and I’ve read some very interesting thoughts on the matter. I gave them a list of questions as a guide as they write and the very last question was, “how can Mrs.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...When I started writing this post I titled it “iBooks in Education” but then revised it to what you see above. The reason for doing so is that the excitement I have about iBooks is grounded in what it empowers students to achieve in Project Based Learning.…
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When I started writing this post I titled it “iBooks in Education” but then revised it to what you see above. The reason for doing so is that the excitement I have about iBooks is grounded in what it empowers students to achieve in Project Based Learning(PBL) or Inquiry Based Learning(IBL), structured by an Understanding by Design(UbD) framework, empowered with current technologies.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...On Wednesday February 27th I took part in a webinar from the Buck Institute about STEM PBL. The Buck Institute provides great training and resources for learning about and implementing project-based learning (PBL) in your classroom. I have taken part in two hands-on PBL training sessions about Project Based Learning with the Buck Institute (PBL 101 and PBL 201) in Red Deer and participated in a few of their webinars.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I am very excited to be introducing my students to Genius Hour this week! We are already participating in a special project called Entrepreneurial Adventure, run through the Learning Partnership. Because not all children were expressing interest in creating their own ventures, and I know that some ventures will need more and others less time to manage, I wanted something I could run parallel to the EA program. …
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Thank you, Gabriel Bunster, so much for leading me to this TED TALK by Jamshed Bharucha. I have been pondering this dilemma for years as I am required to post and teach specific objectives the students will learn.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Stoked to attend my first edcamp this coming weekend in Omaha and then my 2nd one here in my hometown, #EdCampKC, on Nov. 10. #EdcampOmaha is March 24 and I’ll be making the 3 hour drive up and back to attend because I WANT TO.…
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