[Warning - a long post describing an exhilarating process] The Background I have the pleasure of working with our AP US History teacher, Kevin Randolph, and the students on their final project of the year. I am really excited about this process because it will allow Kevin and I to model and participate in an [...]
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We All Have Songs, We All Have Stories
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments · teaching and learning
Each year, Rives Collins, an associate professor at Northwestern and Master storyteller, and Julie Shannon, a composer, lyricist, and creator of the Christmas Schooner, arrive on campus to share their stories and songs with our Lower School students. As a school, we are steeped with a great tradition of motivating students to create stories. It [...]
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How to Embed Mathematical Notation Into a Wiki
May 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments · teaching and learning
When catching up on my twitter feeds this morning, I saw a “tweet” from Susan Carter Morgan asked for me to post how I was able to add mathematical notation into a wiki. While I have done so and will share here, a bulk of the credit has to go to Darren Kuropatwa’s willingness to [...]
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An Invigorating Day – Four Successes and Planning for More
May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · teaching and learning
Lately, I have been coming home exhausted. I guess the accumulation of this year’s events, both professionally and personally are finally catching up with me. It has kept me from reflecting here in a meaningful way. I miss it and have a series of ideas for conversations that I am not going to let go [...]
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Preparing for the Future
May 5th, 2008 · No Comments · teaching and learning, Uncategorized
This morning, I found out that one ideas that I planted last spring emerged and took root. At that point in time, I was brainstorming about unit ideas for one of our senior history electives, US Government. The teacher and I thought it would be interesting to have the students to begin to brainstorm and [...]
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