Sunday, April 28, 2013

Conferences, Engagement, and Ethics

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I am on my way to the American Educational Research Association meeting in San Francisco. This is one area that even the best of current tec...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Grading, Creativity, and Teacher Education- Making Room fo Complexity

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I caught the middle piece of a radio lab broadcast on choice. In it Gladwell (of Outliers and Blink ) discusses the impact of explainin...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

On Grades, Grading, and Educational Reality

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I am writing this post as a response to a blog post by Dr Bernard Bull on Five Common Reasons for the Importance of Letter Grade . I am not ...
Saturday, March 30, 2013

Art and Sensory Overload- A Floridian Note

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This past week I visited Florida with my kids. One day we chose to go to Young at Art an active arts experience in Davie Fl. It was a gre...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Technology, Attending, and the Arts

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I have three iPads, a laptop (or two) a smart phone and an e-reader. When I work at home I have 2-4 devices open. The evidence has been ...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Testing Teachers: Arts and Technology Integration

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This week I was invited to participate in a state panel examining which test Nebraska should use as one of the criteria for certification....
Saturday, March 9, 2013

Yo Yo

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The last two weeks have felt like the perpetual motion of a YoYo. After presenting at the state conference - a high note, we came back to...