I’m trying to use video more to engage the students as a start to (at first) some math questions. You can find my jumping in videos in the Jumping In section of my site, or on my youtube channel. If you see connections that I don’t, feel free to leave them in any of the…
Month: October 2013
Things I Think I Think
Learning Something new Everyday (Spoiler – We don’t)
by Brian • • 3,021 Comments
I’ve just started reading Steven Katz/Lisa Ain Dack’s Intentional Interruption, and what has struck me so far is their interpretation of the concept of learning. By their interpretation learning something necessarily comes with a change in behaviour. How often does the information we receive change the way we live? Not all that often. I know…
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Monday Morning Mirror – Reflections on #ECOO13
by Brian • • 0 Comments
#ECOO is my Halloween. <metaphor> I run around from seminar to seminar, grabbing as much educational candy as I can. And to be honest, after all that gorging, I find myself feeling a little sick this morning. Sick that I cannot implement everything that I have seen and heard. Sick that much of what I…
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A Storify, To Start
by Brian • • 2,473 Comments
I thought that this would be as good a time as any to attempt to do a storify for the first time. I culled mostly from my own tweets, and worked on my own recollection. I realized halfway through that a great storify needs to spread its wings a bit farther but that will be…
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Tweetwood Mac Live at Niagara Falls
by Brian • • 2,598 Comments
Check out the performance of @kevinhoneycutt and his band of geekly followers! With @wattateacher on drums, and @colinjagoe and Brad Ferguson on Guitar. If you know anyone else in the band, please leave a comment and I will add them into the post.
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My Favorite take home from ECOO13
by Brian • • 18,252 Comments
It’s a 3D printed ECOO badge! I like it because it allows the proper amount of geek out. Thanks @teacherhann and his crew