Guy's Edu Blog

 

It has been a delight to start a new series on using technology in the World Language Classroom. I believe that podcasting is one of the bes...

One of the elements of the Art TEAMS approach is for each learning cycle to end in an exhibition (or celebration) of learning. The exhibitio...

This is an update on last week's post on High-Quality Instructional Materials. The meeting  in Nashville was a true exchange of ideas a...

 The Nebraska Department of Education invited me to the I MPD network conference . I am always happy to participate and see if I can learn a...

 At the Literacy Research Association meeting in Arizona, I attended a session on Climate Justice ( ecology and literacy ). A few weeks late...

 The last few months have been extremely busy, and I had fewer opportunities to blog. As the new year commences, I am sharing of our new pro...

 Many teachers have shared that the program is helping them reconnect to teaching, combat burnout, and feel rejuvenated.  In their feedback ...

Our project- Art TEAMS (Supported by the US Dept of Education) focuses on Emerging Media Arts. The methodology we created is focused on a pr...

 This week I participated in the inaugural FLAIEC conference. It was a delightful opportunity to talk with various researchers at different...

Last week I traveled to CSEdCon 2022. As always Code.Org published  State of CSE 2022  showing that despite the pandemic progress has been m...

 The Art TEAMS project has an exceptional advisory council. This group of professionals includes Diana Cornejo-Sanchez , Megan Elliott , and...

 This week the Art TEAMS teams got together again to start our Fall activities. We had a joyous day reconnecting and discussing the work we ...

  I am about to start my Fall semester. As I plan my interactions with my students, I am challenging myself to examine the practices we used...

 My son (18) has the Meta Quest VR headset. This is the fifth VR variation that I have tried on. Before this we had the PlayStation VR conso...

This weekend I dove into Teacher TikTok. It was fun and, at times, entertaining. I learned two things that are on the teacher's mind: 1...

Our spaces our filling with voice assistants, Google, Apple, and Amazon all have created an interface that allows users including young lear...

 Our two weeks of intensive summer work have ended. It is early to talk about results but I can reflect on what I have learned. In the past ...

  This week we finally started our Art TEAMS grant with teachers. The project is  developing self-driven creative learners who connect disc...

 I found out about the massacre on a flight to the RESPECt conference in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. What is the point of disc...

  The argument against teaching computer science to all came this week from some of our rural schools. They point out, and rightfully so, th...

This post is a result of a series of conversations I recently had with a number of people vis-a-vis more recent developments in curriculum d...

 For the past three weeks, I have been to three conferences. SITE , the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education, in San Dieg...

 This weekend I went to Fargo, North Dakota for an athletic event. Navigating a new city is always a challenge, and I started by activating ...

  I have always thought digital creation as a potential shortcut to help creators leapfrog traditional barriers created by skill. The core i...

This reflection is in no way an attempt to define or argue the boundaries of cultural appropriation. Instead, I am attempting to think about...

 I am continuing my journaling journey. This week I started thinking about my learning for the week while cleaning the windows in my living ...

The National Art Education Association meeting was in New York City this spring. Despite many years of being involved in arts integration, I...

A recent article in Wired  revisited how attitudes toward Wikipedia come face to face with the reality of Wikipedia. It is the world'...