Earlier today I posted about how my 5th grade ELP class began the thinking process of raising quail and all the things that we might need to know about keeping…Read more
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5th Grade Begins Exploration of Birds(Quail)
Today in class we began our exploration into bald eagles. Well, we are in the realm. We are going to experiment with the daunting task of raising quail. We cannot…Read more
Hunger Games – Education Gamification Brainstorm Idea –
Hunger Games GamificationMy whole purpose with this project is to entice and promote writing, reading, and thinking. Even more important to me is to demonstrate to teachers, parents, and other…Read more
Textbooks need to go and so does our current way of teaching
I just read this post that contained a letter from a former high school student about how textbooks are not the answer. It was weird reading this as I just…Read more
After all, regurgitation is easy, but putting knowledge into practice is the difficult challenge.
Source of idea: http://www.hightechhigh.org/unboxed/issue8/wild_about_cramlington/ Can you remember what they were?” Immediately, the students name every single one. After all, regurgitation is easy, but putting knowledge into practice is the difficult…Read more