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Author Archives: Karl Schaefer
Learning should be the Focus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/4848880460 The New York Times Article, A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute has started many conversations this week at school and on the Internet. I think we need to keep our focus on what schools are about: Learning. Granted, … Continue reading
Notes on 21st Century Core Competencies
Sharon Young from The Fayetteville Academy http://www.fayettevilleacademy.com/ 21st Century Experience and Core Competencies Paradigm Shift – Standards based vs. Learning-based http://www.p21.org/ Tony Wagoner’s book – Global Achievement http://www.amazon.com/Global-Achievement-Gap-Survival-Need/dp/0465002293 Group Questions: Laying Groundwork Pre-Emptive Strike Reception Naysayers Autonomy Stays with teacher … Continue reading
Master Teacher Follow-up 4_4_11 – Live Notes
These are live notes taken by Karl during the meeting. Errors and omissions are mine as are highlights. The work flow was Evernote and then into MarsEdit which is what I use for posting to the blog. What are We … Continue reading
Master Teacher Projects
As we have gone through the day, Master Teachers have given an 8 minute +/- presentation on the project that we are all working on as part of our committment. Tools are in bold, but as we all know, teaching … Continue reading
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Ignite Resources
Image: ‘RUMOUR‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/12745914@N00/459769023 Jason Ramsden shared these resources for our Skype talk today. http://www.youtube.com/jramsdennc (sessions from last year at NCAIS Innovate) http://ncaisinnovate10.wordpress.com/sparking-edu-sessions/ NCAIS Innovate 2010 Sparking Education Sessions. http://ignite.oreilly.com/ (general overview of what Ignite is) General idea from O’Reilly’s: In … Continue reading
Flapping Our Wings in 6th Grade Digital Learning Class
Image: ‘With the Wings of a Bird’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/26405526@N00/2114890998 I knew I wanted to try new methods of teaching and learning with my new sixth grade Digital Learning class. For the price of $39.95, I set up an Edublog for … Continue reading
What is Your Sentence VoiceThread Project – Please Add Yours
‘Sentience Structure’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/8344872@N05/4245830972 I have been working on my NCAIS Master Teacher Academy project with my group of 5th grade students. I wrote about Daniel Pink’s Two Question video earlier. In my last post on Learning to Teach … Continue reading
Learning to Teach how to Learn is Hard
I worked with my Digital Learning class today on my Master Teacher Academy project inspired by Daniel Pink’s Two Question video. As we discussed the concepts, responsibilities, and outcomes, I had the sense that what I was asking them was … Continue reading
Matt Scully’s Drawing of Our Projects
I love how Matt captured our ideas and projects in this drawing. Thanks for sharing the tapestry of our ideas.
Meet the Master Teachers
We have just finished up an exhilarating 3 days of work and collegiality.
