tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115965752024-03-07T21:42:47.289-05:00FruFraJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-13576274218149891922012-01-03T09:33:00.001-05:002012-01-03T09:33:38.671-05:00PeteSearch: What the Sumerians can teach us about data<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httppetewardent_syqga" height="941" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/giFiiHrBEyiiJvqzIbwezDdpsjwalipbGkEwvmatdhHEbuEfGbwCdvHprrAa/media_httppetewardent_syqGa.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="468" /> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://petewarden.typepad.com/searchbrowser/2011/12/why-the-sumerians-invented-data.html">petewarden.typepad.com</a></div> <p>Please read the post linked and think about the data we collect on students. <br />How can we make grading a more neutral act? <br />How do we convince others that they do not have the power or should not have the power? <br />How is the data I collect corrupting me? <br />How is the data our schools collect corrupting them, and in the process making them less valuable? <br />How do we be more open that all data collected has it base in subjective humanity? <br />Do we regularly look over the data we collect and try to find where it is giving us bogus information? <br />(Via Nat Torkington <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/01/four-short-links-3-january-201-1.html">http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/01/four-short-links-3-january-201-1.html</a> )</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/petesearch-what-the-sumerians-can-teach-us-ab">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-67403028532571690402011-11-18T20:35:00.001-05:002011-11-18T20:35:04.788-05:00The Physics of Osmos Contest « The Physics of Osmos<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <p><span style="font-family: Myriad Pro, Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 20px;">Welcome to the Physics of <em>Osmos</em> Contest!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Myriad Pro, Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #4e4e4e; font-size: 20px;">Students in grades K-12 are invited to explore the endless physics embedded within the beautiful game <em>Osmos</em>.<br />Create a one-minute video illustrating the physics concept that you discover in the game. The top student entry will <strong>win a $500 gift card to Amazon.com</strong>. The top three runners up will also receive prizes.</span> </p> <p> </p> <h3>To submit your entry, follow the instructions below.</h3> <ul> <li> <h3>Download and install the <em>Osmos</em> <a href="http://www.hemispheregames.com/osmos/#anchor_demos" target="_new">free demo</a>. (Or purchase <em>Osmos</em> from the App Store.)</h3> </li> <li> <h3>Experiment with your gameplay to illustrate physics concepts using <em>Osmos</em> as your virtual lab.</h3> </li> <li> <h3>Review the <a href="http://physicsofosmos.wordpress.com/contest-rules/" target="_new"> official contest rules</a></h3> </li> <li> <h3>Create a video illustrating a physics concept.<br />(If you want to record your screen, try <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html" target="_new">Jing</a> or <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/screenchomp/id442415881?mt=8" target="_new">ScreenChomp</a>)</h3> </li> <li> <h3>Upload your video to YouTube, Vimeo, or Screencast.com</h3> </li> <li> <h3>Complete the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHZBVV9GU2ItVEluNUVKMUx1Qnd2cHc6MQ#gid=0" target="_new">submission form</a> by 11:59 PM PST. December 18, 2011.</h3> </li> </ul> <h3>Winners will be announced on December 25.</h3> <p> </p></div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://physicsofosmos.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/the-physics-of-osmos-contest/">physicsofosmos.wordpress.com</a></div> <p>A good friend of mine came up with this contest idea. I think this will motivate a certain type of physics student. Give it a try. </p><p>By the way this idea is part our ongoing conversation around the question, what would a compelling online physics course look like. Lots of questions and no answers yet.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/the-physics-of-osmos-contest-the-physics-of-o">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-23707139445687219612011-06-29T14:43:00.001-04:002011-06-29T14:43:53.447-04:00Compelling Technology: Cell Phone Camera<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/DnebBdevibndwaxziBqlCGynGrhBloAuxAdFaefaqcGxhiACjGAaazpqmhcB/p778.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P778" height="373" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/DnebBdevibndwaxziBqlCGynGrhBloAuxAdFaefaqcGxhiACjGAaazpqmhcB/p778.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p>I was in school for a few hours Monday and stopped by an art class that is going on in the morning for four weeks in the summer. We are a one to one MacBook district but in the summer we take the laptops in for re-imaging. So when I walked into the art room and saw a cell phone picture turning into art I smiled and took this picture. You cannot hold back compelling technology. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/compelling-technology-cell-phone-camera">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-47690419522184043902011-05-23T22:27:00.001-04:002011-05-23T22:27:04.732-04:00The Little People Gather To Worship<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/pJxjCzsymrrDbIwtllfkxuBEdtFAAiFavnxhEgDrwgHbkjqhmytHBwdEryqA/p701.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P701" height="669" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/pJxjCzsymrrDbIwtllfkxuBEdtFAAiFavnxhEgDrwgHbkjqhmytHBwdEryqA/p701.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/asEIBccjuhvDAqwBCswpypnsvqteyttcJcIDImnbCDlkrliiiuvJuEjJufkD/p704.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P704" height="373" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/asEIBccjuhvDAqwBCswpypnsvqteyttcJcIDImnbCDlkrliiiuvJuEjJufkD/p704.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/zDigxedJChosmqocpcvpDtAyiJorErcGtltmncwzzhDbbpxAgehgbHorJiyr/p708.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P708" height="373" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/zDigxedJChosmqocpcvpDtAyiJorErcGtltmncwzzhDbbpxAgehgbHorJiyr/p708.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/zuyDEGzzrxmbsIpGsCAxGnCxcJlbbmoeoguBhzBvvnHszjpGxszmrhnoacsJ/p710.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P710" height="373" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/zuyDEGzzrxmbsIpGsCAxGnCxcJlbbmoeoguBhzBvvnHszjpGxszmrhnoacsJ/p710.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/rpCkvlkgipHyFshFBmajahmrgdIrxosIzBwhydjpABdabbrBvmvsqiuGBaeB/p712.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P712" height="373" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/rpCkvlkgipHyFshFBmajahmrgdIrxosIzBwhydjpABdabbrBvmvsqiuGBaeB/p712.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/ItfDAwJFAJeaojauzenrtwJbDnuEIGBejAthiGalofmnfroClpBJHluFBFxJ/p714.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P714" height="373" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/ItfDAwJFAJeaojauzenrtwJbDnuEIGBejAthiGalofmnfroClpBJHluFBFxJ/p714.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/veHdisHygAlkyiqreBsqwhBEqyhodsfkGnfuxjpyJFvIcevGjGEbGlbrqvvC/p716.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P716" height="373" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/veHdisHygAlkyiqreBsqwhBEqyhodsfkGnfuxjpyJFvIcevGjGEbGlbrqvvC/p716.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/the-little-people-gather-to-worship">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/the-little-people-gather-to-worship">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-88567443667314742332011-05-18T19:36:00.001-04:002011-05-18T19:36:44.821-04:00Using Google Docs in 3rd Grade: A Road Map To Curriculum Mapping<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="" src="http://www.thethinkingstick.com/images/2011/05/studentnews.png" /> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.thethinkingstick.com/the-classroom-newspaper-google-docs-style?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheThinkingStick+%28The+Thinking+Stick%29">thethinkingstick.com</a></div> <p>I love this post and it reminded me to put in print some thoughts that have been floating around in my head. To me this post is what curriculum reporting and mapping must look like in 2011. It is an example on two levels. First, Jeff's post is reporting. He has gathered curricular data, commented on it and published it for any interested party to see. Second, and perhaps most important, the teacher by having class has produced both a map of her curriculum and a transparent ability to see what is happening. All this and the map and transparency were done by the students. </p><p>I have done a lot of work over the years in the name of curriculum. Some of it has remained unused by anyone. For years my map was a list of topics with chapters and investigations hand written on one sheet of paper. I feel like in 2011 our curriculum maps need to be open, transparent, available, flexible, and living. Most importantly they need to seem useful to all participants: students, teachers, administrators, parents, politicians and the public.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/using-google-docs-in-3rd-grade-a-road-map-to">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-31954979774387735382011-05-16T21:44:00.001-04:002011-05-16T21:44:22.388-04:00What is the scaffolding for learning in public? | Beth’s Blog<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpfarm4static_dffzc" height="375" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/AInHGxFbfwupAHIijFFoszxpECfHnveinGkykfkIdeEiaGtioxDhBGJklyuf/media_httpfarm4static_DfFzC.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.bethkanter.org/bloom-public-learnin/">bethkanter.org</a></div> <p>Here is another piece of the puzzle for curriculum tracking. I loved this blog about working in the open, and it has tons of valuable links in it to examples. If everyone involved in schools was open with their work like this then we would all be building our curriculum maps as part of the process of what we do.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/what-is-the-scaffolding-for-learning-in-publi">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-49301085701599713022011-03-07T14:43:00.001-05:002011-03-07T14:43:39.566-05:00Simple Drawing Bot<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/simple-drawing-bot"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/weathertation/AAcqpmJmDAiCrHxmHblzDodzocoxEnaqtwadnBHdjpdiBctjaecidtBuIEwb/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>p620.mov</strong> <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/simple-drawing-bot">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p>DC circuit study or art? <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/simple-drawing-bot">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-83158827111085848242011-01-19T16:18:00.001-05:002011-01-19T16:18:42.730-05:00South side<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/jCdrrCnliIHrBqnfcDeoxfisaqfqCssmoGgtvfckGmnlujhakpdCkprfniuj/IMG_0068.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/jCdrrCnliIHrBqnfcDeoxfisaqfqCssmoGgtvfckGmnlujhakpdCkprfniuj/IMG_0068.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/south-side">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-44717042163749436712011-01-08T08:28:00.001-05:002011-01-08T08:28:44.808-05:00Again<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/AFiFhfmnbHmreyfqwffkfGlGgkmuihbkcwaloAJrhHjtvelaoaBmDfsBqnHp/p717.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/AFiFhfmnbHmreyfqwffkfGlGgkmuihbkcwaloAJrhHjtvelaoaBmDfsBqnHp/p717.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/again">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-33539277104491467252011-01-08T08:27:00.001-05:002011-01-08T08:27:05.741-05:00World Made New<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/olifqFgqahgmznisEyuoCdGFDomthzbtICyblqjdivylgEBEgvhzlpjnoCzt/p706.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/olifqFgqahgmznisEyuoCdGFDomthzbtICyblqjdivylgEBEgvhzlpjnoCzt/p706.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/ahyiFBgdwAApCamGwggtqaadtAouFgFllselmpExjcEAiDfcqACcfGChiueE/p709.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/ahyiFBgdwAApCamGwggtqaadtAouFgFllselmpExjcEAiDfcqACcfGChiueE/p709.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/bdmmvspnoaCigrzhqInhudpiAotfipqsBfdmzajhEImEoJjiFBwGjubeIwus/p711.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/bdmmvspnoaCigrzhqInhudpiAotfipqsBfdmzajhEImEoJjiFBwGjubeIwus/p711.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <div><a href='http://weathertation.posterous.com/world-made-new'>See and download the full gallery on posterous</a></div></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/world-made-new">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-76464632624744520362010-12-26T07:44:00.001-05:002010-12-26T07:44:36.578-05:00WolframAlpha in Physics<div class='posterous_autopost'>For about a year and a half now I have been using <a href="http://wolframalpha.com">WolframAlpha</a> (WA) in class. Students may use it for any assignment or assessment. This changes the problems that you assign. Drastically.<p /> Many easy problems can be simply cut and past into WA and solved. So what becomes important is assigning problems that get at the real skills we would like students to have from problems. Problems that they have to break apart and digest and put together the simple things that WA can solver for them. This is not unlike what I do when I solve problems in my own work. <p /> What I did not know until now was how little of that kind of problem solving I used to teach. I assign many fewer problems that are much harder and require a ton more thinking. Since this is not what I am used to many of my old methods of teaching problem solving are not working as well. Here is the punch line: WA is making me think that I need to have my students talk more about the problems they are solving. This technology is making me see a need for my students to be more social. I should have read <a href="http://fnoschese.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/the-2-interactive-whiteboard/">Frank's post</a> more closely.<p /> There are so many complaints out there that technology makes us less social, but I think in the end it frees us to be more social. But it is hard work getting there. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/wolframalpha-in-physics">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-43679323130808524832010-12-23T20:02:00.001-05:002010-12-23T20:02:57.006-05:00Gene Norris<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/xPv1iC9M4yikLtBpFZOeVfTMn8mbXe7gUvGLW4iIJ11yp3suxYWSFtNo9mPk/CIMG2618.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/cOPsnUusa9jBd2Lb38L5jmKgBHuRqVdMcfqFP68QvMFpzBQRD3YKnuQNdtqq/CIMG2618.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>I have been using <a href="http://www.bluefirereader.com/" target="_blank">Bluefire Reader</a> to read <a href="http://www.bluefirereader.com/help/libraryBooks.html" target="_blank">ePub books from the library</a> on <a href="https://walden.hollandchristian.org/groups/hcipadusergroup/" target="_blank">the iPad</a>. I have not checked this many books out from the library in years. <br /> </p><div class="gmail_quote"> <br />I love <a href="http://www.patconroy.com/" target="_blank">Pat Conroy's</a> storytelling and I have been reading <a href="http://www.patconroy.com/my-reading-life.php" target="_blank">My Reading Life</a>. My favorite book by him is the must read teacher book, <a href="http://www.patconroy.com/the-water-is-wide.php" target="_blank">The Water Is Wide</a>. I ran across this quote about his favorite English teacher, "'Mr. Norris acted like I was the most important girl in the world.' she said. 'You were. That was Gene's secret. All of us were.'"<p /> I am starting a collection of quotes the exemplify what I am currently calling a posture of the image of God. This posture is a combination of two ideas that I have been toying with. In the <a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/Culture-Special-Education-Building-Reciprocal/book/1557663769/" target="_blank">Kalyanpur and Harry's book Culture in Special Education</a> the propose that special education teachers need a, "posture of cultural reciprocity." Their idea is that you cannot understand the needs of a student and their family until you have some handle on what is cultural to both you and the student. Since you are the teacher you are the one who has to build into your life a posture of always looking to learn about those around you. The book is another must read.<p /> I tied this idea to one I got from <a href="http://www.verber.com/mark/xian/weight-of-glory.pdf" target="_blank">CS Lewis in The Weight of Glory</a> [PDF], "There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors." This caught my attention because of another quote, this one unattributed brought to me by a professor this summer, "There is a part of who God is that only gets expressed through who you are." <p /> Teaching means to have a posture of the image of God. Whoever you run into has some piece of the image of God that you will only see by looking closely at that person. As a teacher I need to work to bring this unique piece of God's image out in each student. This is the task of revealing the immortal, of helping students, <a href="http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=1Co&chapter=13" target="_blank">"know fully, just as [they] have been fully known."</a> <p /> Gene Norris had a posture of the image of God, whether he knew it or not. <br /> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/gene-norris">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-3530183698599273582010-11-23T09:02:00.001-05:002010-11-23T09:02:15.337-05:00Drawing Graphs<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/DiqEGdpjiIaFomteflJseCoJynyaboJczEFpwmlkatkuImJFddplEmhwnvEF/p575.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/DiqEGdpjiIaFomteflJseCoJynyaboJczEFpwmlkatkuImJFddplEmhwnvEF/p575.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> </p>These students are doing problems. Very traditional problems. Yet they are drawing graphs to start. This is one of the things that starting with inquiry does. Since they started with graphs of data they are more likely to draw graphs of problems, which better mimics how real problems are solved. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/drawing-graphs">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-56717622910492364572010-11-14T20:41:00.001-05:002010-11-14T20:41:24.158-05:00Doing What Works<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <object data="http://dww.ed.gov/media/CL/OIS/HQ/See/flashlite/560/flash/main.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="333" width="500" style=""><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="flashvars" value="railsEnv=custom&xmlPath=xml/slideshow.xml" /></object> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://dww.ed.gov/media/CL/OIS/HQ/See/flashlite/560/index.htm">dww.ed.gov</a></div> <p>Click through and listen to this teacher on using presentations to asses student learning. He lays out perfectly what a valuable use of class time presentations can be if they teacher is working hard to make them valuable. I particularly love that he is going to the groups and telling them ahead of time what his questions will be. This makes the kids feel empowered and motivated to learn. </p><p>This tab was to the right of my twitter tab, so I think I owe a debt of gratitude to @fnoschese for this link.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/doing-what-works">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-72762413072628899292010-10-28T05:40:00.001-04:002010-10-28T05:40:01.028-04:00Family<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/bxtwCznonfmpEHguCvDxijuhDxsCvtwslgCplvtDdphnoJpDaoxkvjuaovjq/IMG_0000.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/bxtwCznonfmpEHguCvDxijuhDxsCvtwslgCplvtDdphnoJpDaoxkvjuaovjq/IMG_0000.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/family-0">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-67532703513710458332010-10-12T21:06:00.001-04:002010-10-12T21:06:26.066-04:00qBits | Announcing Air Sketch 2.0, with PDF projection!<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/wAEqaehFfwJzBhbkGkcfCuGrphAoBlhGDBHeEnmGGClxwmbqqfctmrqxBxFk/media_httpwwwqrayonco_Jtjnq.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="365" height="88"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.qrayon.com/qbits/post/Announcing-Air-Sketch-20-with-PDF-projection!.aspx">qrayon.com</a></div> <p>I installed this update as soon as I saw it and PDF import is an incredible addition to AirSketch. Now you can export a PDF from your favorite presentation software and display it from your iPad on the projector in your room and annotate the slides. Better yet, students can do the same. </p><p>There is a post in this, but I am using the Dropbox program and app to transfer PDFs. Any better ideas on moving PDFs to and from the iPad?</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/qbits-announcing-air-sketch-20-with-pdf-proje">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-64868194371935202602010-10-04T20:40:00.001-04:002010-10-04T20:40:17.647-04:00qBits | MSNBC selects Air Sketch for use on Air<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/AzaJajHrbBxDtgIxoEuAzlGcyrqFlzpnujjGgCaJkyvbGiDjtyJgqljcpfFc/media_httpwwwqrayonco_DbbvI.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="345" height="247"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.qrayon.com/qbits/post/MSNBC-selects-Air-Sketch-for-use-on-Air.aspx">qrayon.com</a></div> <p>I have been using this program in a similar way to use the iPad school is letting me play with to control my screen. Today I had several breakthroughs that are moving me closer and closer to thinking that this is the way to go. In the past my classroom has used the awesome combination of Skitch and a Wacom Graphire Wireless, and I still love and recommend that combination to anyone looking at a traditional interactive white board. Much cheaper, much more student, subject and learning focused and significantly cheaper. Above all this, it just works which is important for teachers. Teachers do not use stuff that does not work every time. </p><p>That being said I am trying AirSketch on the iPad. Why? because it is cheap as well. The combo that I use is about $300, but if you buy the pads from Promethian or Mimio they will set you back north of $400. Lately I have see iPad popping up on the refurbished list for $450. So if you can make it work as well as these other options, for only $50 more you also have a iPad instead of a hunk of plastic. And, since the connection is through your wireless network there is little chance of interference like there is with my Wacom. </p><p>Two things happened today to make it click that AirSketch might just be the right thing. First, I accidently two finger zoomed, and sure enough I could fill in details in a section of my drawing. Details are much easier to draw with a pen than a finger. The AirSketch app makes detail possible by allowing you to zoom in and work in a small area. Before I knew this I was not able to fit an entire problem on a page. </p><p>Second, I figured out how to take a screen shot using my iPad, this is then 3 clicks away from being a background to draw on in AirSketch. For me this is essential, since most of my homework is online. I used to surf to a problem that a students asks about and screen shot it with Skitch and go. Now I surf on the iPad to the problem, screen shot it by pressing the Power button and the iPad button at the same time, then switch to AirSketch and pull it out of the photo gallery and draw on it to help the students. </p><p>What is super cool is now I can also give it to the students, since they can see where they are writing. If only the iPad had four finger swipe application switching we would be all set.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/qbits-msnbc-selects-air-sketch-for-use-on-air">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-38183306489137959252010-10-03T21:46:00.001-04:002010-10-03T21:46:46.063-04:00Marla Coleman: The value of summer camp | SummitDaily.com<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">Thousands of my colleagues across the nation will attest to the power of camp. No grades. No permanent records. Just authentic connections to the real world. Play is the work of childhood; it's how children invent and re-invent themselves, find their place in the universe, and learn what they are good at and where they need to practice. Life is the quintessential test tomorrow's leaders need to pass.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20101002/LETTER/101009993/1078&ParentProfile=1055">summitdaily.com</a></div> <p>I love this and the rest of this post on what camps can teach schools. Every kid deserves to learn the lessons of camp. School can be that place. In my case I keep my physics room filled with physics stuff to play with. I ask students to explore their world and try to teach them how to do that well, because they will be doing that the rest of their lives. </p><p>In short I have spent a educational career trying to bring camp to the classroom, because it is the most effective way to teach for real learning.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/marla-coleman-the-value-of-summer-camp-summit">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-61601669983587894252010-09-24T19:04:00.001-04:002010-09-24T19:04:54.936-04:00Family<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/bFGuiarfwjjDGqmaBbsCimdgwfczxilbrbGleigpaqCneAahwumlhvmDoqGg/IMG_0044.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/bFGuiarfwjjDGqmaBbsCimdgwfczxilbrbGleigpaqCneAahwumlhvmDoqGg/IMG_0044.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/family">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-5084174146166679632010-09-23T19:47:00.001-04:002010-09-23T19:47:06.290-04:00Physics Is Streetlights<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/kJGgomcqioHnEFGmeJGrvltyihEfmtnBkBmjgsbxjGcporuhhcaxIAFAIlAf/media_httpcharterciti_zuaaJ.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/weathertation/kJGgomcqioHnEFGmeJGrvltyihEfmtnBkBmjgsbxjGcporuhhcaxIAFAIlAf/media_httpcharterciti_zuaaJ.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="374"/></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://chartercities.org/faq">chartercities.org</a></div> <p>So we bounced balls and we modeled the real world with some math. I even had students with graphing calculators out with no prompting. We figured out that we can do the basics of this physics thing. But why would we do this physics thing? </p><p>I had the students look at this picture for a few minutes. Actually 3.5 minutes exactly. I do this thing where when I give them time to complete a task I open up my iTunes and play a song the length that I give them to work. I even have music sets for longer periods of time. And just in case that is not enough the last song in a set is always orchestral in nature so they know that work time is coming to an end. </p><p>I asked them to write about the picture. Start with just noticing details and then ask questions about the picture. What do you want to know about what is going on? </p><p>"In this picture, the first thing that i saw right away was the race of all 7 men. They are of course sitting in the streets and they have notebooks and books with them. As people would get stereotyped into the group as "People who live in the projects, have no future". But looking at this picture made me feel like they wanted to better themselves and better their lives and get an education. That was my first assumption. Also, it looks dark outside, and they are outside reading. I'm not sure if it was night or early morning. If it's the morning, it made me feel like they were maybe waiting for a bus or about to go to school. If it's at night, maybe some of them don't have homes with electricity. So they need light to see what they are reading. Their cloths look rugged and worn. They aren't the newest, yet they aren't the oldest. But as I looked into every each and one of their faces, you can just see the determination and dedication they have to better their lives, and actually have and hold a future, instead of risk themselves surviving without an education for the rest of their life." </p><p>What teacher needs to say anything when the students bring that kind of heat? What if we brought that to our studies? What if we had a reason to bring that kind of dedication to our studies? The students do not know the question ahead of them yet. The big question will hopefully make their studies this important. And physics is what brings us light today.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/physics-is-streetlights">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-63331670786271857542010-07-08T13:35:00.001-04:002010-07-08T13:35:11.840-04:00Project Based Learning Resources<div class='posterous_autopost'>I had great conversation yesterday about project based learning. I think a well designed project with an authentic audience is the thing that all students need. The conversation surrounded the benefits to honors students. I followed up with this email. <br /> <div class="gmail_quote"><br />Here is a <a href="http://stager.tv/blog/?p=359" target="_blank">blog post with some project resources</a>. Specifically this document mentioned in that post is <a href="http://stager.org/articles/What%20Makes%20a%20Good%20Project.pdf" target="_blank">a document I read over before finalizing any plans</a> for a project.<p /> <a href="http://Edutopia.org" target="_blank">Edutopia.org</a>, in spite of the very idealistic name, is also an excellent resource. Here is <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/maine-project-learning-reading-list" target="_blank">a great reading list</a> of their favorite articles on project based learning. <p /> Two last things, both of them personal. Here is a <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com" target="_blank">link to my blog</a>. Here is a link to where I keep my <a href="http://delicious.com/weathertation/project" target="_blank">web bookmarks on projects</a>. It will update as I find new interesting things. <p /> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/project-based-learning-resources">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-20230962553036743642010-07-02T12:17:00.001-04:002010-07-02T12:17:41.798-04:00Culture in Special Education - Image of God<div class='posterous_autopost'>I <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/session-1-reflections" title="have been refining my thoughts">have been refining my thoughts</a> on what it means to bear the image of God. What are the fundamental human characteristics? <br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br />God uniquely creates all humans each day. <br />All humans live in brokenness each day. <br />God requires us to carry each other through the brokenness each day. <br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Kalyanpur and Harry's describe a "posture of cultural reciprocity" (pp. 118-119) as a solution to communication problems with parents of special education students. It described treating all people like they bear the image of God</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. I thought of God creating me </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">through</span> being a reflective person. "In other words, first ask yourself, 'Why?'" (<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/culture-in-special-education-building-reciprocal-family-professional-relationships/oclc/41049744&referer=brief_results" title="p. 118">p. 118</a>) When they tell me to find out about the culture of the person I am trying to help, I know I am asked to help. When they ask me to give of myself to aid the understanding of others, I know that is required of me. When through this process a good solution is found, a solution that will carry us all through the brokenness, I should not be surprised. As God uses us to create each other, we find a way to carry each other.<p />"If we seek to understand ourselves and the families who we serve at every intersection, however small, then the task will seem less onerous." (<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/culture-in-special-education-building-reciprocal-family-professional-relationships/oclc/41049744&referer=brief_results" title="pp. 130 - 131">pp. 130 - 131</a>) Carrying each other and allowing ourselves to be created is an everyday occurrence. Like having a posture of cultural reciprocity, it cannot just be used when needed. Each of us is unique, therefore it requires a lot of work to understand everyone we serve. We cannot ever be the same as anyone else, "but that we have the willingness to learn about and understand their experiences, that we are willing to understand how our own experiences have shaped us, and that we respect and accept these differences in our various experiences" (p.131) helps us carry and create each other every day. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/culture-in-special-education-image-of-god">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-36687229241323575082010-07-02T08:32:00.001-04:002010-07-02T08:32:35.196-04:00Culture in Special Education - Work<div class='posterous_autopost'>Kalyanpur and Harry use "two criteria [to define] meaningful work: 1)It should be essential in that if one individual did not undertake the task another would have to, and 2) it should be paid." (<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/culture-in-special-education-building-reciprocal-family-professional-relationships/oclc/41049744&referer=brief_results" title="p. 81">p. 111</a>) <p /> We <a href="http://www.act.org/path/secondary/career.html" title="often">often</a> <a href="http://www.canyonnews.com/view/full_story/96282/article-Schools-must-prepare-students-for-the-world-of-work?instance=special%20_coverage_right_column" title="hear">hear</a> the <a href="http://standardspeaker.com/news/debate-continues-on-best-way-to-prepare-students-1.866375" title="argument">argument</a> that <a href="http://www.churchill.k12.nv.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=5683&pagecat=128" title="one">one</a> of the <a href="http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/west/guidance/" title="objectives">objectives</a> of <a href="http://www.kent.k12.md.us/index.php?limitstart=9" title="school">school</a> is to prepare students for the world of work. In the case of special education students, it means specifically that parents and professionals will be <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">setting</span> goals for the work a student might do. At first read, I underlined the quote above and thought it was a good working definition of work. But, it was followed up with this, "As Harry and Kalyanpur pointed out, however, these criteria do not apply to all valued work even within the mainstream: work such as that of housewife... and that of an entertainer or an artist... These criteria also do not apply to entrepreneurs who create new new kinds of businesses for which there was no previous demand." (p. 111) <p />What is totally interesting to me is the arguments that we made for bringing laptops into the school mirror much closer the needs of the efforts that are outside the working definition of work. We never claimed that test scores would go up or that students would be better workers. <a href="http://www.hollandchristian.org/1to1/belief_statements_and_goals" title="We claimed">We claimed</a> they would be more creative, artistic, expressive, and musical because we see the laptops as the ultimate creativity machine. We claimed students would be more collaborative, and raising children requires support and collaboration. We claimed students would be more creative problem solvers, thinking outside the box like entrepreneurs. <p />May be this is cliche to say, but I am glad that we are not preparing students for the world of work. We are helping students become who God wants them to be. That will include using amazing skills in places of work and other places they never imagined to bring God's Kingdom <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6:10&version=TNIV" title="on earth as it is in heaven">on earth as it is in heaven</a>. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/culture-in-special-education-work">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-45798137580335405882010-07-02T08:30:00.001-04:002010-07-02T08:30:55.664-04:00Culture in Special Education - Parenting<div class='posterous_autopost'>"More and more, the task of child rearing no longer remains solely in the hands of parents and extended family but has come to be shared with experts and paid professionals who design, oversee, and provide services." (<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/culture-in-special-education-building-reciprocal-family-professional-relationships/oclc/41049744&referer=brief_results" title="p. 81">p. 81</a>)<p /> A couple of weeks ago <a href="http://www.camproger.org/" title="at camp">at camp</a> I was sitting <a href="http://www.camproger.org/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=82&g2_itemId=23645" title="on the floor on the lodge building">on the floor of the lodge building</a>, listening to the rain and participating in chapel. I watched as a counselor a few rows up from me turned to try and get a camper to sit still. At first I thought it was going to be just a look, but then I saw that the camper was struggling to put his arms in has t-shirt. It was cold that morning and the camper had not worn a jacket. The counselor quickly figured out what was happening and handed over his coat. The camper eagerly participated in the rest of the chapel. <p />The camper could very easily have been a fidgety eight year old. We make assumptions about students behavior all the time. It seems much rarer that we look for ways to figure out what the problem really is. We assume that when something goes wrong it is the same reason every time. Like eight year old boys just cannot sit still. <a href="http://www.towson.edu/coe/facultylist/kalyanpur.asp" title="Kalyanpur">Kalyanpur</a> and <a href="http://www.achievementseminars.com/seminar_series_2008_2009/beth.htm" title="Harry">Harry</a> argue that right and wrong are not so easy to define in parenting. They argue that most parenting decisions are built on a few continuums that reflect the culture and realities of their life. For example, one parent might make a decision with only the nuclear family involved. On the other side of the spectrum there may be families for whom descisions have to go through a large extended family before they can be made. This extened family may even include, "<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=FUtozs-jgWUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=carol+stack+all+our+kin&hl=en&ei=-RktTMOjKMTtnQfts9X0Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fictive%20kin&f=false" title="fictive kin">fictive kin</a>" (Stack, 1975, p. 59) who are not related at all.<p />I really like the image of parenting choices being a set of sliders, like the sliders on a color chooser. Every kid, reflecting the uniqueness that God created them with will end up a unique color. Each decision about how to help a child become involves adjusting some sliders, like how many people are considered family, and how hierarchical the family is; or how involved the family is at that stage the person is at. As people who love a child, it is important that we all communicate where we think the sliders be adjusted to and why. It is also incredibly important that we listen to the other who have a stake in those sliders as well. <p />As I read this, I thought a lot about discipline. It is hard <a href="http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1223-Difficult-Conversations.html" title="to talk about discipline publicly">to talk about discipline publicly</a>. As a technology coordinator I get involved in discipline issues. The cultures at the places where I have worked with kids seems to be that parents, teachers and administrators all want to put in the good work to help everyone navigate the complicated waters that we have today. I think this respects the uniqueness of each child and family while building the community to be more resilient against the forces that would normally break us down. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/culture-in-special-education-parenting">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11596575.post-48962487331484675222010-07-02T08:03:00.001-04:002010-07-02T08:03:58.395-04:00Culture in Special Education - Objectivit<div class='posterous_autopost'>"Objectivity is highly valued in the low-context culture of Western professionalism, the assumption being that professionals are likely to diagnose and remediate more effectively when they are not emotionally involved with their clients and when the process is informed by a scientifically based and, therefore, objective body of knowledge that yields universal solutions. Indeed, the concept of objectivity itself is essentially Western." (<a href="http://ethnotheories/" title="p. 51">p. 51</a>)<p />I am struggling with what role objectivity plays in the life of an educator. The more I practice the more I think it does not belong. There is no way to do something so human as educate a child, really to find truth together with a child, and do it without putting your own heart in the game. All that objectivity serves to do is distance me from the subject and from the learner, and in my experience, increased distance does not help learning. This quote <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">hit me hard</span> because I have been deeply struggling with what true objectivity is, and this has been a core struggle. Then to think that the idea of objectivity might just be a cultural artifact from the scientific revolution shakes me up even more.<p />Here is why the struggle to define objectivity is important to a technology coordinator. We are asked to evaluate the one to one laptop program all the time. <a href="http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/06/05/nclb-damages-us-education-by-narrowing-the-curriculum/" title="Currently">Currently</a> <a href="http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/new-assessments-for-new-learning/" title="numbers">numbers</a> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10093822" title="define">define</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/education/04laptop.html" title="educational">educational</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iA47R-ZEfVjcb2iTbZ0GEGr28zCQD9GBO9380" title="success">success</a>, <a href="http://stager.tv/blog/?p=876" title="but numbers do not tell the story">but numbers do not tell the story</a>. In some sense numbers are not objective. You have to <a href="http://guide.opendns.com/track/click.php?q=ira+holland+christian+schools&curl=http%3A%2F%2Fspeedchange.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwhen-rethinking-school-itself.html&search_grp=MAINRESULTS&search_pos=1" title="come and visit">come and visit</a>. You have to talk with our teachers about the <a href="http://walden.hollandchristian.org/groups/hcstechintegration/blog/" title="impact of technology on learning">impact of technology on learning</a>. You have to <a href="http://walden.hollandchristian.org/groups/hcstechintegration/weblog/43a32/Stop_Motion_Transformation_Videos.html" title="hear the stories of students creating">hear the stories of students creating</a> their learning. Objectivity is a, "<a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=objectivity" title="judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices">judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices</a>" and as such seeks truth. We should make observations. We should allow those observation to shape us, in fact we have to because they become part of our experience. If we learn something from an observation we will not remain uninfluenced. It will be personal because learning is personal.<p />What I strive for in helping people understand the impact of technology on teaching and learning is understanding. I want them to learn from me and my wonderful colleagues. I do not really want them to have an objective opinion. I want them to to be impacted by experience and put their own imprint on me. Just like I want my students to explore their worlds and show me the great new things that they find. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://weathertation.posterous.com/culture-in-special-education-objectivit">Jim's posterous</a> </p> </div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426890980406112020noreply@blogger.com0