Category: schoolreform
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When I Become a Librarian (Librarian Movie)
Today I had the pleasure of leading a full-day workshop for librarians in Mid-Del Public Schools, located in Midwest City, Oklahoma, just east of Oklahoma City and next to Tinker Air Force Base. Inspired by Marco Torres and his 2001 “Teacher Movie” created with educators at Lesley University, we created the following 2 minute video,…
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Dr Tim Tyson on our need for visionary educational leadership
Dr Tim Tyson’s post today, “Do We So Easily Fool Ourselves?,” is a must-read for everyone interested in education and the future of the United States. He concludes his post by noting: Instead of seeing serious efforts to fund a revolutionary educational policy that rewards the highest levels of academic and artistic achievement instead of…
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From 671 trains in a day to six: Transformations in travel and learning
This afternoon my girls and I were able to spend about an hour at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, along with my sister and nephew. In addition to having some fun taking composite cartwheel pictures using Pano, we also learned a bit about the amazing history of Union Station and trains in the Kansas…
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Look for innovations which change the script
Today I had a five and a half hour opportunity to put together a new swingset with my brother-in-law. This is the third time I’ve put together a swingset as a parent, and the first time I’ve put together a wooden swingset. The first time I ever spent hours putting together a swingset in my…
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Passion-based learning in action: Brian Crosby at TEDxDenverEd
Do you consider yourself a passionate person? What are the things about which you are passionate? Are you passionate about kids and helping kids learn? Are you passionate about opening up new vistas of experiences and understanding for others which – absent your intervention – they might never experience? Are you passionate about creating moments…
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Podcast353: Free, Online K-12 Education Options for ALL Oklahoma Students via Epic One on One Charter School
This podcast is an interview with David Chaney of Epic Charter Schools in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on June 25, 2010. In early-June 2010, Oklahoma governor Brad Henry signed Senate Bill 2319 into law which radically changes the groundrules for online, virtual learning in Oklahoma. In this podcast, David discusses the model of virtual learning which…
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Over the Pond and Through The Fiber #aha-moment
BACKGROUND OF MY A-HA MOMENT WITH EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY In the spring of 2006, I had a trans-oceanic, international conversation with other educators which fundamentally changed my perceptions about communication and learning. Using the free software program Skype, I joined Canadian educator Darren Kuropatwa (in Winnipeg, Manitoba), Scottish educator Ewan McIntosh (in Edinburgh, Scotland), and U.S.…
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Phenomenal Math Curriculum Makeover Video by Dan Meyer
Dan Meyer’s twelve minute talk at TEDxNYED in March 2010 is one of the best videos I’ve seen not only discussing how multimedia can be used effectively by math teachers to bring “real world” problem solving into the classroom, but even more importantly how we as math teachers can fundamentally change our PEDAGOGY to encourage…
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What do we do for third tier schools?
Dr. Larry Cuban’s post from June 20, 2010, “On Changing One’s Mind about Schooling” includes some very challenging thoughts about education and education reform. Cuban argues we have three basic “tiers” of schools in the United States: Top-tier schools—about 10 percent of all U.S. schools–such as selective urban high schools in New York, Boston, and…
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Podcast351: Leading Schools with Digital Vision in a Bubblesheet World (part 2 of 2)
Part 2 of 2: This podcast is a recording of a presentation by Wesley Fryer on June 16, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at the summer administrative leadership conference for Northeast ISD. This was a 2+ hour presentation, so the recordings have been separated into two parts. See the podcast shownotes for links to referenced…