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ALCOA Eagle Eye To The World: Bettendorf Student Showcase Night Part 1

On Monday, March 18th from 5:00 – 7:00 students who are part of the Bettendorf Schools ELP program conducted a student showcase to show off their work on their independent…Read more

Liberty and Justice: Bald Eagle Updates

Sleeping in on a Saturday Morning Posted on March 16, 2013 | Leave a comment Sleeping before the big day? Will today be the day? Even the birds are waiting for the eaglets Check the…Read more

Flat Classroom Debate Project: Eracism – How we operate and prepare

I wanted to create a post about our current project we are exploring in 6th grade. I am working with a small group of students for a global debate project,…Read more

Teaching Ideas: Eric Collard, Nikola Tesla, and Controlling The Weather

Here is an incredible inspiration for students who might like to be challenged to make a difference. Eric Dollard has been working on recreating the inventions of Nikola Tesla –…Read more

Our Words Matter – A Personal Example

I am sorting through my Gmail account trying to get back to an empty inbox and organized online and real world life. As I was sorting through all these links,…Read more

Brainstorming Power Needed!

We have a cool showcase night in the works to broadcast our students knowledge and expertise of their independent study projects. We are working on a way to to bridge…Read more

Liberty and Justice – 2 Eggs!!! We have another Egg!

2.10.13 Sunday night around 6 pm the world was given another great surprise as Liberty and Justice brought us another egg. That brings us up to two eggs in the…Read more

Round 2 Reflection of Eracism: Global Debate, An Amazing Learning Experience

The team at work This morning I was lucky enough to have another group of students take part in a championship round debate in bracket B of the Eracism project….Read more

Eracism: Global Debate, An Amazing Learning Experience

I am not going to blog about the whole journey of this amazing project. You can find all information about Flat Classroom and this particular online global debate project here…Read more

ALCOA: Eagle Eye On the Wold – Global Classroom Project – Registration Deadline Fast Approaching

Don’t these pictures get you excited for learning, collaborating, and connecting with students and teachers from all over? I just want to send out a final reminder that December 15th…Read more