I have been thinking about the title of my previous post, the whole Minimalist thing….and, to be honest, I have been thinking I would like to change the look of my blog for some time now. I know it is vain, but I have always liked the idea that you can change your blog’s look [...]
Entries from February 2006
February 20, 2006
The Minimalist Approach…
The Minimalist Approach…
Originally uploaded by choctango.
There is something about sitting and reading a bloglines created newspaper that you really want to read!
Our new diggs…and the first furniture in is a crazy creek chair and an ibook! Choice!
February 17, 2006
Linked to By MalU
A big thanks to my Alma Mater for linking to my blog!
http://web.mala.bc.ca/education/alumni/alumni_news.htm
Welcome to any MUC students or grads who are reading this!
February 15, 2006
Blogtalk: A Practical Introduction to Educational Blogging. Island Pro-D Day, Feb. 17, 06. Working Notes
My apologies to anyone who has read this before. I am not up to reinventing the wheel today… any thoughts, comments, or glaring omissions? Please let me know…
the single biggest problem facing education today is that our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a [...]
February 14, 2006
Plugging a Post…
Great Post by Aaron around the idea of the journey as being just as important as the end destination. Here’s a teaser:
I remember one junior high math teacher above all others because she taught me to show my work.
She said that the process of getting to your answer was just as important as the answer [...]
February 14, 2006
The Stages of Blog Enjoyment…
I am finding that there has been a real spike in what I would call learner engagement in blogs lately.
It begins with a spike of excitement when the original idea is introduced. Students are (mostly) into the tech, and the cool format. They like the idea….but
This spike bottoms out pretty quick when they find out [...]
February 10, 2006
Chokeing on Textbooks…
I just read a post by Aaron Nelson over at “Teacher in Development� titled “Killing Classroom Energy�
Very interesting… Although I find myself in a different context (he speaks to ESL teaching), it made me stop and ponder.
Nelson speaks to the problem of a textbook reliant classroom, suggesting that the reliance on said text [...]
February 8, 2006
Real Learning…Square Holes vs. Many-shaped Learners…
I have been doing a lot of thinking about what learning really is. I guess this is in part due to the fact that I am a teacher. Somehow, my job is to pass on learning or to get students learning. Have you ever thought about what a strange and weighty concept that [...]
