Comments on: Nuggets from NECC (1) http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/25/nuggets-from-necc-1/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/25/nuggets-from-necc-1/#comment-37169 Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:49:03 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/25/nuggets-from-necc-1/#comment-37169 Thanks for lunch! John and I both enjoyed talking with you. It was a special time for me to be able to hear John share his preceptions about the work we do with someone else with whom I collaborate and respect. Next NECC, let's present on K12Online together with Darren and Lani. Thanks for lunch! John and I both enjoyed talking with you. It was a special time for me to be able to hear John share his preceptions about the work we do with someone else with whom I collaborate and respect. Next NECC, let’s present on K12Online together with Darren and Lani.

]]> By: Jeff Yearout http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/25/nuggets-from-necc-1/#comment-37086 Jeff Yearout Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:31:04 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/25/nuggets-from-necc-1/#comment-37086 Reading the paragraph about learning by exploration and discovery, it makes me think of my exciting new job this fall. I will be team teaching a class called Applied Technologies, which uses a program called Synergistics Systems. If you're not familiar with Synergistics, the crux of the idea is that students (middle school in this case) work in pairs for seven class sessions in what is called a module, followed the teachers leading a whole group "Discovery Day". This repeats as time in the term allows. The company that has developed this system (about 20 years old now) has around 80 modules that a school can select from, ranging from things like applied physics to audio and video production to forensic science to CNC manufacturing to measuring and baking and more. It is really fascinating! In addition to being very well related to math and science standards, it requires that students work together to solve problems, it has both multiple choice and performance assessment elements, and is very hands-on! Can you tell I'm pretty jazzed about what I'll be doing? I changed the name of my blog to reflect wider possibilities than just ed tech, so the new one is connectedlearning.wordpress.com, and I hope to write much more this year than I have this past year. If nothing else I hope to share my experiences in my new teaching job! Thanks for all your posts from NECC - I've never been able to attend, so I have to live vicariously through the many blogs I've been reading. Sounds like it has been a great several days of ideas and discussion! And thanks for the mention of Scratch - I had never heard of that system before and have now downloaded it to see what I can do with it. Enjoy the rest of NECC! Reading the paragraph about learning by exploration and discovery, it makes me think of my exciting new job this fall. I will be team teaching a class called Applied Technologies, which uses a program called Synergistics Systems.

If you’re not familiar with Synergistics, the crux of the idea is that students (middle school in this case) work in pairs for seven class sessions in what is called a module, followed the teachers leading a whole group “Discovery Day”. This repeats as time in the term allows. The company that has developed this system (about 20 years old now) has around 80 modules that a school can select from, ranging from things like applied physics to audio and video production to forensic science to CNC manufacturing to measuring and baking and more. It is really fascinating! In addition to being very well related to math and science standards, it requires that students work together to solve problems, it has both multiple choice and performance assessment elements, and is very hands-on! Can you tell I’m pretty jazzed about what I’ll be doing?

I changed the name of my blog to reflect wider possibilities than just ed tech, so the new one is connectedlearning.wordpress.com, and I hope to write much more this year than I have this past year. If nothing else I hope to share my experiences in my new teaching job!

Thanks for all your posts from NECC - I’ve never been able to attend, so I have to live vicariously through the many blogs I’ve been reading. Sounds like it has been a great several days of ideas and discussion! And thanks for the mention of Scratch - I had never heard of that system before and have now downloaded it to see what I can do with it.

Enjoy the rest of NECC!

]]> By: Brian Crosby http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/25/nuggets-from-necc-1/#comment-37048 Brian Crosby Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:04:51 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/25/nuggets-from-necc-1/#comment-37048 Was great meeting you face to face today after iChating and Skyping with you numerous times. Brian Was great meeting you face to face today after iChating and Skyping with you numerous times.
Brian

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