Step 10: Authentic Assessment
Now it’s time for the show! I always like to have an authentic audience. I invite parents, peers, and special guests to come for our Film Festival. Each group has the opportunity to share their video with the audience. I ask them to share something they learned through the process, one [...]
As promised, I used a Flip video camera under extreme light conditions … I went up to Artist’s Point on Mt. Baker the day after it opened. It was beautiful blue sky and very bright! The video came out pretty good. There was some moving and shaking and static movement. Perhaps I was moving [...]
I spend a lot of time investing in students in my classroom. In the past six years I have been an influence on 132 kids. That’s in the last six years in Saudi Arabia and in Hong Kong. There are hundreds of others as well. However, in the last two years there have been a [...]
Okay educators … I need some help here. I am on a quest. How do we improve reading/writing with technology?
Education is said to be cyclical. I’ve been around the block enough times and teaching for 20+ years, but I’m not sure what the answer to my question is. As a teacher technologist, I believe in [...]
I recently purchased a Flip video to experiment with. Our plan is to use it in the upper primary classrooms. Given its limitations, the question is whether it would offer enough flexibility for the students filming their vodcasts. Tonight, about 9:45pm, the local Gold Wing Road Riders Association had a light parade through town. The [...]
Today I am attending the Jefferson/Overseas Schools Technology Institute (JOSTI) in Fairfax Virginia. As featured keynote speakers, four students presented some of the work they have been doing. It was Sappho who really impressed me. She was poised and steadfast in her presence when presenting to some 100+ educators from around the world. She titled [...]
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.] [...]
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 [...]
