Hearing, Headphones, Health and Safety
By Phil Nast February 6, 2012 12:34 pm
A recent study cited by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that pedestrian accidents involving headphone use have tripled since 2004. In 116 accidents reported between 2004-2011, about two-thirds of victims were under 30, and more than half were …
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Teaching Physics with a Computer
By Phil Nast December 15, 2011 3:50 pm
Remember playing with blocks and discovering how important an adequate base was for a tower or wall and how far you could extend a cantilever before it collapsed? A recent article in the New York Times questions early childhood education …
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Top 5 Tech Gadgets to Support Learning at Home and in School
By Marisa Kaplan November 29, 2011 9:43 am
Integrating technology into learning is not something that comes naturally for many of us, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t important. Great parents and great teachers have a lot in common, perhaps most importantly, their passion for supporting growth among …
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Let’s Teach Our Kids to Be Net Savvy
By Jamila Boddie November 17, 2011 5:06 pm
Back-to-school season is in full gear and students and teachers have settled into their routines for the year. What does that mean for me? Well, on a daily basis I manage an Internet safety program focused on giving educators, parents …
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Educational Videos and YouTube Teachers
By Phil Nast October 3, 2011 4:42 pm
One year when my social studies students were studying the Middle Ages, I showed sections of Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V to give them an idea of what medieval warfare was like. I used a videotape. My video sources were a …
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To Tech, Or Not To Tech
By Phil Nast September 2, 2011 9:56 am
I took a semester course on the French Revolution at college. The professor was from West Virginia and lay in wait behind his country roots and accent as did Sam Irvin when he characterized himself a simple country lawyer. Woe …
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Creating Global Learners: Projects and Resources That Knock Down Classroom Walls
By Lisa Mims August 11, 2011 10:20 am
With the technology we have today, a one-room classroom should no longer exist! All of our students are capable of being or becoming global learners. We have the ability, using any, or all, of the Web 2.0 tools available, to …
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“Why Run, When You Can , Jog the Web?”
By Lisa Mims May 19, 2011 10:36 am
“Why Run, When You Can, Jog the Web”
Get it? Usually you run around the web looking for websites. With Jog the Web, you bundle what you want in one place and “jog” from site to site, well, sort of. …
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Want to Help Students? Get Connected.
By Benjamin Curran May 13, 2011 1:39 pm
There is a group of educators out there that is working tirelessly to spread the word about technology integration. This group, of which I consider myself a member, believes that using educational technology tools in the classroom helps students in …
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Embracing Technology in the Classroom
By Lisa Mims March 2, 2011 2:55 pm
As a child of the 60’s, I grew up without a cell phone, the Internet, an Ipad, digital cameras, Twitter, computers, flip cameras, Facebook, I could go on and on. But as a 21st century teacher, I have embraced the …
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Learning 16th Century Skills
Although the language of education changes over time, some educliches just seem to endure far past the point of holding any real meaning. And one my favorites* seem to be making a big comeback around here: 21st century skills. Recently …
“How To Learn Math,” An Online Course From Stanford Math Education Professor Jo Boaler
Enrollment is open: The course is a short intervention designed to change students’ relationships with math. I have taught this intervention successfully in the past (in classrooms); it caused students to re-engage successfully with math, taking a new approach …
Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act Three & Sequel
Table of Contents Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act One Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act Two Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act Three & Sequel I taught using a three-act math task in Cambridge last winter. The good folks at NRich posted …
Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act Two
Table of Contents Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act One Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act Two Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act Three & Sequel I taught using a three-act math task in Cambridge last winter. The good folks at NRich posted …
BFTP: Humility builders
A weekend Blue Skunk "feature" will be a revision of an old post. I'm calling this BFTP: Blast from the Past. Original post April 28, 2008. The garage door I write about below was replaced (by a professional) less …
The lost souls of technology training
As I was walking down a hallway at one of our elementary buildings yesterday afternoon, I bumped into a lady I did not recognize. She introduced herself as Laurie, a reading paraprofessional, and I replied I was the technology director. "Oh …
Indispensable Librarian, 2nd edition published
In last evening's e-mail: Dear Doug,The Indispensable Librarian: Surviving and Thriving in School Libraries in the Information Age, Second Edition published today, May 9th, 2013. Please reply to this message with your current mailing address to ensure timely delivery of your …
NBC Learn: Science behind the news
What it is: NBC Learn has some fantastic free resources for teachers and students. One of these freebies is called Science Behind the News. In partnership with the National Science Foundation, NBC explores the science, technology and engineering found …
The 3 AM worries
On a fairly regular basis I wake up at three in the morning and fret. But it's not often I can graphically depict the concern keeping me awake: a perplexing problem at work, an upcoming workshop, an article due, a relative …
Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act One
Table of Contents Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act One Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act Two Teaching With Three-Act Tasks: Act Three & Sequel I get nervous when I see long-time blog readers in my workshops on mathematical modeling with three-act …
