This episode is designed to do two things. 1. To showcase another amazing project created and developed by a teacher here at Bettendorf Middle School on the topic of courage….Read more
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Schools and Parents Need to Tear Down the Communication Barrier
A few recent events in my community and school have really given me a lot to think about on a variety of levels. These events that have happened are not…Read more
015: Living on the Edge of Chaos: 8th Graders Talk Social Media
We have an 8th grade language arts teacher conducting a project right now around digital footprints. As students are navigating their way through their project I was asked to be…Read more
014: Living on the Edge of Chaos: PBL Exhibition Night
Our school has implemented project based learning throughout all grades 6-8 this year where we have asked teachers to develop and come up with four projects this year. As we…Read more
Deeper Learning Conference Reflection Part 3: Deep Dive Session #deeperlearning
Here I am one week after the Deeper Learning Conference and I am still knee deep in reflection over what I learned. Today I want to focus on the first…Read more
Deeper Learning Reflection Part 2: Spreading the word to #iaedchat #deeperlearning
After publishing my first reflection on the Deeper Learning Conference I am actually going to jump ahead beyond my conference specific reflections to what happened the Sunday I returned home…Read more
The Power of Play, Tinkering, and Coding with Arduino! #edplay
As part of Coffeechug Cafe Hackshop series I gave an arduino kit to a student to play with over Spring Break. I simply asked him to play and tinker around….Read more
Mid Spring Break Idea Post
I shared these ideas this morning to our Play and Tinkering in the Classroom PD group on Google+ and thought I would post here as well. For more info on…Read more
LEGO EV3: Bluetooth Project – Windy City
Before we strip down all of our robots and complete our sorting process of LEGO for our summer camp I wanted to have one of our students come in to…Read more
Authentic Student Voice and Creating Action #edplay chat!
Last night we hosted another Google Hangout Panel Chat. The topic was Topic: Authentic Student Voice & Acting on Voice We had several students lined up and ready to go,…Read more