Guy's Edu Blog

This blog focuses on ways that art, technology, and literacy can interact in all educational settings.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Making a difference

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This week I visited the Avenue Scholars Foundation  in Omaha. Jef Johnston their chief operating officer said something that resonated with ...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Visual Art and Reading Comprehension

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In last weeks post I described a student who improved his writing using visual art representations and learning about the writing process th...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Visual Art with Struggling Readers and Writers

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This summer I spent nine weeks in our reading center working with pre-service teachers who tutor struggling readers and writers. I love the ...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Composition- Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving

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A few weekends ago Kurt and I found ourselves in a Uhaul truck moving furniture. Kurt as is his habit levels a multi-layered question in a ...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Twenty First Century Learning

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We are here at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century and yet the "we" of education and teacher  education has not...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

Parallels

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This week I had the opportunity to consult informally with a local educational leader (I would use names, but I did not ask for permission s...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Hedonic Adaptation and the State of the Arts

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In his recent book Dan Ariely discussed Hedonic Adaptation, the ability of our mind to adjust to new baseline conditions. An example of sho...
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