October 2011
1 post
Step Up--first try
Trying to read Step Up with a very open mind. I know plenty of teachers who use portions of Step Up in very complex ways and then augment their instruction with other practices.
Problems for me that I could work with in a larger paper:
The approach in Step Up is very developmental: you learn sentences then paragraphs then full essays. You learn skills and then apply those skills to other areas....
September 2011
2 posts
"Don't Lecture Me..." →
yep.
Want. →
Great list of contributors.
August 2011
3 posts
Phoebe Harper: 8/28 - Visions of Students Today →
pharper:
I don’t think that being able to check my Facebook in class will give me the tools to end war and famine. I’m skeptical of the idea that the 26.5 hours a day I spend engaged in the activities that I need to do is somehow impeding my ability to become an educated and functioning member of the new…
WatchVideo our class created last semester for our Rough Cut Film Festival.
Back to the School House
Fall semester starts tomorrow and I can’t stop playing with the syllabus, assignment, calendar, websites. It’s like a good video game when you’re making a classroom space you like. I’m using this space alongside my students who will also blog and link and create meaning related to digital literacy and culture. Some of these students are entering the teaching profession...
July 2011
1 post
21 Century Learning: Where to Start
Below are some people, sites, and ideas that can help you enter the world of digital teaching, learning, literacies, culture. You should also play a video game once or twice in your life.
Resources related to 21st C. Learning
Cathy Davidson, Founder of HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaborative), describes a new course in 21st Century...
