Filtered Learning
image from https://hadoopi.wordpress.com One of my GT ISP students made a side comment once that I believe is so profound it should shape...
Do you want to hear a story?
"You have to want me to tell you a story"--Malcolm Gladwell Isn't this the sum of education? We are educators-- we are story tellers. We...
2nd Grade Memories...
The biggest summer project at my house this year has been putting my daughter's old school work into memory books. It has been a fun trip...
New Educational Approach
Saved this article quite some time ago to "read later"--"Toward a New Education: Low Cost, Scalable, Distributed & Above All:...
On Online Education...
After taking several classes online through Coursera, and a couple of Universities, I have two threads of thought. One: I LOVE the...
Aggie Educator Network
LOVE this group. The Aggie Educator Network is a positive advocacy group aimed at "elevating the profession". Exactly what we need....
Kings of Independent Study
New nerd obsession. The Way of Kings book series by Brandon Sanderson. A time consuming, wonderful indulgence. And of course we can find...
Legacy
Every year my GT class creates what they call their legacy videos. Of course they have much to say about legacy, what it is and what it...
Problem with Word Problems
The problem with word problems is this--Who cares? Really. If you can't make the connection for the student to why the problem is a real...
Algebra is My Zen Garden
One of my GT ISP students lingered in my room one afternoon on his way from tennis to his car. That is so often how my best mentoring is...