Posted on May 15, 2013 by kschaefer
Image from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31490747@N08/3165600114 For the past number of years, I have conducted camps with the help of students whom I have taught. This year we are offering Scratch and Gamestar Mechanic. If you are interested in having your children attend a camp where they will be challenged in a nurturing environment to either extend what they [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2013 by kschaefer
The above logo was created by a student for the station using stock photos from our Google Apps for Education. We collaborated on making it together as he shared it with me and I added the DA logo. Just one part of how the 4 C’s of Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking are addressed [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2013 by kschaefer
Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21611336@N00/3723710203 I am concerned both about my brain and my student’s brains. My brain due to aging and devices since each year I seem to remember less unless I have it on a device. Then of course I need to remember what device it is on. This is one reason why Evernote, Google Drive, [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2013 by kschaefer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28826792@N00/5971423516 Joanne Shang, a colleague, is getting her Masters and needed my help. This is her request: Hi Karl, I need to ask you for a favor again! I am working on an assignment, for my graduate course, to create a documentary on someone in my everyday world who lives creatively. I can’t find a [...]
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Posted on April 5, 2013 by kschaefer
A group of teachers who are also members of the Middle School iTeam which supports our school’s iPad Learning Program took an Atomic Learning Catalyst Course on Going Mobile. During this coursework we collaborated with each other and teachers from around the country. We had a guest instructor, Brad Flickinger, one evening who introduced us [...]
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Posted on March 22, 2013 by kschaefer
Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59217476@N00/6050805936 I am getting ready to work with classes to create and add artifacts to Google Site Portfolios. I thought this year I would make a sliderocket and embed it in the template so the students would have a tutorial after we worked together. I love how I can create presentations either in [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2013 by kschaefer
As I continue to look for alternatives to the heavy and expensive textbooks for our students, one company Kno, is rising to the top. I like their business model, (they have one) and the response time from their employees is swift. I have observed the company mature for a few years as they only continue [...]
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Posted on February 15, 2013 by kschaefer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21317398@N04/6243312715 As I work on writing comments for my students during our teacher workday, I found a link to Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk in a shared Google Doc from the English Departments Retreat last week. I had not seen it so with two browsers open, one for comments, and one for soul food, I [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2013 by kschaefer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/4321052153 I will be presenting at the 2013 NCAIS Innovate Conference titled Make the Connection. More information is available at the NCAIS Innovate website. I am also one of the instructors for VISnets Teaching Academy being held August 5th through 7th at Charlotte Latin School. To register or get more information. This is the presentation I [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2013 by kschaefer
Photo by Ms. Donnelly This is the second year that students and faculty have played a basketball game as part of Spirit week. Last year the teachers one on a last minute shot by Ms. Ellis. This year’s rematch may allow the students to avenge this heartbreaking loss. You will need to watch the whole [...]
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