Posted on March 25, 2011 by kschaefer
‘Dandelion in the wind’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/91273409@N00/140131319 Having gardened for many years, I know how tough it can be to contain all of the plants inside of my garden area. Learning and teaching inside of a walled garden like our Moodle has some of the same limitations. Sometimes, the learning needs to escape into the world’s garden. [...]
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Posted on February 22, 2011 by kschaefer
‘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 how to Learn is Hard, I wrote how I was having to help my students [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2011 by kschaefer
‘To be inspired’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/31911206@N00/634764043 I took part in the first ever NCAIS Master Teacher Academy this past week and wanted to share a few inspirations from my wonderful learning adventure. In no particular order here they are: 1. Chris Gergen’s from Bull City Forward presentation was brief but deep. His book Life Entrepreneurs looks wonderful. His advise: Think [...]
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