My last post highlighted a train wreck of a children’s book. Readers of the post typically had one of three responses: 1) This is sick, but hilarious. It was easy to get a kick out of something as blatantly incorrect as this book. In fact, my current marine biology students enjoyed it quite a bit. [...]
The Octopus Gets Due Respect
March 21, 2009 — education
Attack of the Septapus -or- Why are you doing this to my kid?
March 8, 2009 — constructivism, education, family, humor
Fuel Lately, my students and I have been studying not only the effectiveness of biological illustrations, but also the efficacy of their own illustrations to personally enhance the knowledge of abstract concepts. As well, I have been engaged in some short but interesting discussions with Dr. Mishra at MSU concerning the validity of visualizations. None [...]
The Power of Visualization?
March 5, 2009 — edtech, education, technology
Bit ‘o setup I think the TPACK framework is one of the most influential things I have learned about/grappled with this past year. As an instructional coach in the middle of an educational technology implementation, this is one piece I have relied on heavily for personal focus and planning. One thing I worry about with [...]
How might technology provide a scaffold into poetry?
September 23, 2008 — edtech, technology
I am such a sucker for anything that even slightly tickles the visual and verbal parts of my brain simultaneously. To start, I love this lesson plan that deals with defining poetry. I would love to take part in a discussion like this… shoot… any discussion like this. I need my fix of a good, [...]
