This lab is at a university but certainly still applicable to us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9tK9E3OYSo&feature=email
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Good Strategy's Non-Negotiables - HBR IdeaCast - Harvard Business Review
Good Strategy's Non-Negotiables - HBR IdeaCast - Harvard Business Review''
I thought this was a good podcast which reinforces ideas from "Great by Choice" and other articles I/we have read. Companies are using the following guidelines to improve.
1. Differentiation
2. Core Principles
3. Feedback leads to Professional Development
I thought this was a good podcast which reinforces ideas from "Great by Choice" and other articles I/we have read. Companies are using the following guidelines to improve.
1. Differentiation
2. Core Principles
3. Feedback leads to Professional Development
Monday, March 12, 2012
Gestured-based ed-tech
This article describes pretty well how gesture-based educational technology may come of age in the next five to ten years:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/gesture-based-tech-a-future-in-education/15514
Educators would have to advise as to whether Kinect style interactions have a place in the classroom (perhaps a separate "center"?), but it strikes me that gestures that involve the whole body carry different space requirements than a PC with a mouse or a tablet.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/gesture-based-tech-a-future-in-education/15514
Educators would have to advise as to whether Kinect style interactions have a place in the classroom (perhaps a separate "center"?), but it strikes me that gestures that involve the whole body carry different space requirements than a PC with a mouse or a tablet.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
The Power of the Introverts
Interesting counterpoint to the constant call for more collaboration in schools.
http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Connected learning resources and infographic
Click this link to read a blog post by Scott McLeod...He included this infographic bu Connected Learning which I think is a great visual for the work we are doing.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Great by Choice
Recently got finished listening to Great by Choice by Jim Collin (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Choice-Uncertainty-Luck--Why-Despite/dp/0062120999/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330686966&sr=8-1). I highly recommend it.
One of the concepts he details in the book is a SMaC Recipe. Here is a link to a blog that explains it.
Mike Murray got me thinking of it when he talked about having pillars that we stand by at Wyoming. Should we develop a SMaC Recipe for the district and each division?
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Ohio Green Schools Rally Reflections
Reynoldsburg's eStem High School
An inspired idea was to use the school as a learning lab itself, with the mechanics of the building exposed and labeled in certain areas.
The moveable glass walls that opened as doors from the classrooms into the main hallways appeared very functional and allowed for the classroom space to be flexible and expand.
The multiple ways that the theater area (where we met and had lunch) could be reconfigured to create different types of spaces was a great idea on how to make a lot out of a given area. It could have seats for a performance or the seats could be pushed into the wall to create the open space where we had lunch.
We saw some features that we had seen in other buildings, such as furniture on wheels, the slanted ceilings in the classrooms that enhanced the natural light in the classrooms, the high windows for daylighting, the natural roof, the longer roof overhangs, the enclosed courtyard and sitting areas in the hallways. Reynoldsburg made use of the hallways as additional work areas, with tables and chairs and modular furniture in the spaces. That was a good way to create additional flexible work areas.
I noticed an office space marked for "itinerant staff" which was a wonderful idea for those teachers that have to travel between or among buildings.
Reynoldsburg Primary School
The classroom cubbies/coat racks were also on wheels, which teachers used as dividers to reconfigure their classrooms.
The large common space outside of the classrooms looked like it was used as an extension of the classroom, which again created an opportunity to flex the work area and do projects that perhaps couldn't be done within the confines of the smaller classroom.
The conference room that we met and talked in was a good idea.
The engineering part of STEM was incorporated in the classroom through the use of vocabulary words and the engineering process poster that was in every classroom. We also saw the Core Values posted in the classrooms and recited by the students. By incorporating a motion with each Core Value stated, the Core Values became easier to remember. They said their Core Values were: curiosity, complex thinking, compassion, collaboration and communication. I like having a framework such as this since it creates a consistent and memorable message for all students.
Reynoldsburg's eStem High School
An inspired idea was to use the school as a learning lab itself, with the mechanics of the building exposed and labeled in certain areas.
The moveable glass walls that opened as doors from the classrooms into the main hallways appeared very functional and allowed for the classroom space to be flexible and expand.
The multiple ways that the theater area (where we met and had lunch) could be reconfigured to create different types of spaces was a great idea on how to make a lot out of a given area. It could have seats for a performance or the seats could be pushed into the wall to create the open space where we had lunch.
We saw some features that we had seen in other buildings, such as furniture on wheels, the slanted ceilings in the classrooms that enhanced the natural light in the classrooms, the high windows for daylighting, the natural roof, the longer roof overhangs, the enclosed courtyard and sitting areas in the hallways. Reynoldsburg made use of the hallways as additional work areas, with tables and chairs and modular furniture in the spaces. That was a good way to create additional flexible work areas.
I noticed an office space marked for "itinerant staff" which was a wonderful idea for those teachers that have to travel between or among buildings.
Reynoldsburg Primary School
The classroom cubbies/coat racks were also on wheels, which teachers used as dividers to reconfigure their classrooms.
The large common space outside of the classrooms looked like it was used as an extension of the classroom, which again created an opportunity to flex the work area and do projects that perhaps couldn't be done within the confines of the smaller classroom.
The conference room that we met and talked in was a good idea.
The engineering part of STEM was incorporated in the classroom through the use of vocabulary words and the engineering process poster that was in every classroom. We also saw the Core Values posted in the classrooms and recited by the students. By incorporating a motion with each Core Value stated, the Core Values became easier to remember. They said their Core Values were: curiosity, complex thinking, compassion, collaboration and communication. I like having a framework such as this since it creates a consistent and memorable message for all students.
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