Posted in Science, environment, social network on Sep 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
This weekend while on my way to the Common Ground Country Fair I read a bumper sticker (not new, just a reminder) that says “The Best Things in Life are not Things”.
Last night I read a post from Chris Lehmann (principal in PA) about considering a new economic model that gets away from the “growth” [...]
Posted in MLCI, Professional Development, Science, education, environment, social network, web2.0 on Sep 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Youth and the Natural World
This looks like a great companion to all the technology workshops that I attend. It is nice that this is happening in Maine and that Gov. Baldacci is trying to to bring attention to this issue.
After reading Last Child in the Woods, which from a teaching point of view the first [...]
Posted in PLC, Science, blogging, environment on Sep 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
For those of you who read “The World is Flat” Thomas Friedman and were taken with his predictions on the future of the economy for the world and the roll that technology will play in that “new world” this might be of interest to you.
His latest title is, “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need [...]
Posted in Science, education on Nov 1st, 2007 No Comments »
This is a great talk that Robinson gives on the creativity and schooling. I have had it tucked in my mind for some time now and last week it was shown at a workshop that I was at and I realized that others need to see it. So what is it that Robinson is saying? [...]
Posted in Science, education on Oct 31st, 2007 No Comments »
This is such a great talk that Robinson gives on the creativity and schooling. I have had it tucked in my mind for some time now and last week it was shown at a workshop that I was at and I realized that others need to see it. So what is it that Robinson [...]
Posted in Science, education on Oct 25th, 2007 No Comments »
An anonymous reader writes “Most of us have heard of string theory, many of us know what it is and some of us may even be experts in the field. But could you explain it in two minutes? The discovery channel recently had a contest to do precisely that: create a two minute or less [...]
Posted in Science, education, environment on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Today is Blog Action Day. It is an interesting experiment to see what impact a focused effort to blog on one topic will do.
As we look at the environment in our education here at school I am reminded of the presentation that Paul Kando did about “The Inconvenient Truth” for us. It has left my [...]
Posted in Science, blogging, education, environment on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Today is Blog Action Day. It is an interesting experiment to see what impact a focused effort to blog on one topic will do.
As we look at the environment in our education here at school I am reminded of the presentation that Paul Kando did about “The Inconvenient Truth” for us. It has left my [...]
Posted in Science on Oct 9th, 2007 No Comments »
For all you Monarch professionals out there here is the next level of butterfly commitment. Get out your glue and enjoy.
In Chatham, NY, some 4th graders found an injured Monarch butterfly and brought it to class the next day. Seems that it was unable to fly because its wing had been damaged. When they saw [...]
Posted in Science, Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »
How to build a toilet-flushing Lego robot
We were always a little wary of bringing our Legos into the bathroom, but if you’ve got no such baseless fears, BattleBricks has published a handy how to on building one of those fancy auto-flushers you see in some of the finest washrooms worldwide. Using only parts from a [...]
