So you just finished a conference, and you are heading home with boundless enthusiasm and a renewed vigour for all things teaching. So, how do you keep this energy up over the next couple of weeks, and transfer that to good practice back in the classroom? Here are some that have come in handy for…
Month: April 2014
Things I Think I Think
Driving Me Crazy
by Brian • • 1,758 Comments
I have this feeling that learning ends up being a recursive algorithm, but I can’t define it yet. I think my marth lesson on fractals has fried my brain.
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Clarification
by Brian • • 15,532 Comments
I think my last post is a clear example of when fewer words are better. Please let me try this again: We, as teachers, need to stop thinking of ‘computers’ as something to teach. It is now about teaching skills that have been augmented by accessing devices. Our research skills haven’t changed, but how we…
Things I Think I Think
A Subtle Shift (or maybe not so Subtle)
by Brian • • 2,468 Comments
Take a listen to this segment of CBC KW’s The Morning Edition – (disabled, because I can’t figure out how to disable autoplay) While I applaud (and loudly proclaim) the continuing message that digital literacy is a necessary tool for students to have, I think we missed a more subtle shift that has been happening…