Jeff Utecht put up an url about a library in Delft Holland on Twitter. Being of Dutch background, I couldn’t resist having a look.
The mission statement of Holland’s ‘Library Concept Center’ says they want “to become and remain the most advanced library in the world. Using creativity, technical innovation, and advancing scientific understanding, DOK endeavors [...]
It is interesting what kids will respond to. We have just introduced iBear to our class. Last week I was dreaming with my student Litsa about how to make writing fun. As our conversation rolled on, we came to a new motivator for our class … iBear. [We named our class i5c2 a year ago.] [...]
Each year the Upper Primary school produces an Art and Literary magazine. It’s new this year. well kind-of new. We’ve gone electronic. In so doing, we now call it the eZine. This is actually the fourth edition of Upper Primary’s Art and Literary Magazine.
In moving to the digital format, we have created some controversy [...]
Last year I had the privilege to be part of an international team of educators to visit the Kennedy Space Center. I was selected to be members of the NASA/UCF Aeronautics Space Institute. Being given VIP passes,
we were able to visit the launch and landing sites as well as visit numerous buildings where few are [...]
As I was reading this week I saw a few pictures of the new XO laptop design on TED. Very cool. I hope it’s life it better and less controversial than the original. Sad that such a great idea could go bod. The design is great! Imaginative and creative … could it lead to the [...]
I have been using Audacity to create book reviews in my class. I give my 5th grade students the following criteria for reviewing books:
For your podcast be sure to include the following features. You may place them in any order but be sure you include them all in your review. Remember, no more than three [...]
I just attended the 21st Century Learning Conference. One of the keynote speakers was Mark Treadwell from New Zealand. He has recently written a book (hot off the press … literally) titled: “Whatever! The Conceptual Era and the Evolution of School v2.0”
Some highlights from his talk include project based learning has been around a long [...]
A number of years ago I took a group of middle school kids from Peru to Knoxville TN for the Odyssey of the Mind world finals competition. I found a t-shirt with the ten rules of creativity on it. Thought I would share them with you:
1. Don’t go with the flow – create your own [...]
