thinking about education
One of the reasons I love to teach is because I love to learn. During my ed tech class last week, one of my students introduced me to Alice, the programming language, and also talked about Storytelling Alice, the programming language geared towards middle schoolers, particularly girls. I had only a vague knowledge of [...]
I’m in the midst of an amazing trip to England that included a visit to Stratford-Upon-Avon, the hometown of William Shakespeare. On the flight over, I read an excellent biography of the bard by Stephen Greenblatt. As I read the book and visited the various Shakespeare sites in Stratford, I was reminded how heavily Shakespeare [...]
Readers of this blog are aware of my interest in promoting open education resources. Last year, I was a formal member of a Joint Commission on Technology and Science subcommittee related to this topic. This year, there are no formal members besides the legislators, but the public is encouraged to attend. The meeting yesterday had [...]
I know I’m late on this but I spent the weekend getting caught up on my real life and doing some prep for this week. But, I wanted to highlight some of the things I learned at NECC. NECC is always overwhelming for me and all the digital stuff (blogs, wikis, flickr, twitter, etc.) really [...]