Backyard classroom Have you ever wondered why we build sandboxes for children? That’s exactly what I did today. Today I wondered while wandering about the yard, putting the finishing touches on a landscape and backyard garden update. I wondered long and hard about the role of play in learning new things. In between digging holes, [...]
Entries from August 2009 ↓
On Sandboxes and Classrooms
August 31, 2009 — constructivism, education, family
Facilitating A Squirrelly Strategy
August 2, 2009 — constructivism, education, standards
Find The following video was recently posted by a colleague on a nascent district network that will go “public” in a few short weeks. In what I see as an emerging “best practice” in setting up and facilitating online networks, we are busy adding rich instructional content prior to inviting members. In other words, [...]




