Tag Archives: novel

Bloom’s Taxonomy According to Seinfeld by Derek Rouch

This made my day.  Bloom’s Taxonomy According to Seinfeld

New “Scoop Its” including video writing prompts from the “Teacher Hub”

I have added more articles to my “Scoop It” magazine.  They include writing prompts using videos, using Google to enhance education, film making apps for the iPad, free Google forms, and science apps for the iPad.

Scoop it articles

These are interesting articles on education that I have “scooped” on Scoop it.  Scoop it is a great way to archive and share articles.

How Teachers Can Best Use Education Technology (Edudemic) by Cageless Thinking

This is a very perceptive blog post on Technology in schools.

Seeing Curriculum Through a Child’s Eyes by Kim Ferris-Berg Education Week

Seeing Curriculum Through a Child’s Eyes.  The Mission Hill School is practicing powerful learning  through interdisciplinary, student based, theme driven curriculum.

Levels of Technology Integration into the Curriculum – Florida Center for Instructional Technology

Levels of Technology Integration into the Curriculum This provides guidelines for  levels of  technology Integration from “Entry level” to “Transformation Level”.  The matrix was created by the Florida Center for  Instructional Technology.

Just Block Everything by Tod Nesloney (Texas Principal)

This is an insightful article on Technology in school.

The Passion Gap by Angela Maiers

The Passion Gap by Angela Maiers  I attended a number of workshops with Angela Maiers at the Christa McAuliffe Conference last November.  She has some really good things to say about passion in education.  She is not a fan of  an over concentration on “assessment,” “standardize,” “common core” and “pedagogy”.  If  Bill Gates and Thomas Friedman are so in favor of passion why to do they seem to so strongly support  the move toward one size fits all?  I doubt if they would would want to be in the classrooms they appear to support creating.  Am I missing something?

Why So Many Schools Remain Penitentiaries of Boredom by Elizabeth English

This is a very well written article on the state of modern education in the USA.  The solution is not more standardization and and testing.

Why So Many Schools Remain Penitentiaries of Boredom

The People vs Winter from The Poke

The storm is heading our way.  Should we be careful what we wish for?  http://goo.gl/wH7wf