Saturday, August 30, 2014

Coaching Tech Integration in Elementary Schools- Second Year

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Dr. Laurie Friedrich (newly minted) and I are back to Rousseau elementary coaching teachers in technology integration. This is one of the ...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Four things your students can learn from watching Minecraft videos

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My two youngest kids have been playing minecraft for quite a long time. For those who are not familiar with minecraft think of a game plat...
Saturday, August 2, 2014

Motivation to Innovate- or five reasons to risk failure

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The lens I most often use to view motivation is Bandura 's concept of self efficacy . The idea is that we are more likely to succeed w...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

Telling Stories

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This week we held our annual iPads in the Classroom workshop. Laurie and I used last year's work as a foundation but added many new co...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

iPads in China- Excerpts from the Chinese media (loosely translated)

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Working in China exposes the cultural differences AND the similarities of concerns. Despite all the concerns and challenges our project jus...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

iPads in Chengdu China

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This spring I have sent Ji Guo to Chengdu to collaborate with the iPad classroom in a first grade. His report seems to indicate that tea...
Sunday, May 4, 2014

Technology, Creativity, and Windows of Opportunity

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At another academic year's end I have much to reflect on so this post is the first of a few that will try to help me think through and...