My cameraphone-flickr connection makes it so easy to capture a moment and share it. Here are a few examples. My challenge, then, becomes taking good photos. But, isn’t that the issue for all of us? This week, my goal is to capture one unique photo each day. They’ll all go to flickr and I’ll share [...]
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My students drew a labyrinth and walked it as part of our study of Meaning from A Whole New Mind. The original intent was to create our own labyrinth experience. We got several more lessons in the bargain. Observations from the students: It took us less than two class periods to draw. We used a [...]
Last week, my students and I studied design as part of studying Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind. We completed 3 portfolio items: Participate in the third industrial revolution, Visit a design museum, and Channel your annoyance. Here’s a quick summary of each: Participate in the Third Industrial Revolution Designing your own products is a [...]
My Technology & Civilization students studied Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. One student in particular really wowed me on his final exam. Here is his final exam project: The school wikispace holds the complete Tech & Civ final assignment along with the rest of the class’ work. This was the first time I’ve [...]
I’ve gotten the green light to teach A Whole New Mind by Dan Pink next semester. This is so exciting! How’s this thing going to work? Well, it’ll be a high school class taught out of the Technology (=Computing) department. Students will receive credit for a computer elective with this course. The class is one [...]
Teachers never play favorites, right? We love all our students equally. And all our courses equally, too? Problem is, I’m having far more fun teaching one particular course this semester. It’s a semester-long study of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. A little background: This class is coded as a technology course with the [...]
I found this short video on the information aesthetics blog. It’s a great, quick, introduction to typography. Like many tasks that once were the realm of professionals, fiddling with fonts is a skill that many lay users should have. I teach my students about typography in a number of courses. Here are my highlights: Serif [...]
Seth Godin wrote my two favorite marketing books: Purple Cow and The Big Red Fez. Back when I was working in marketing as a webmaster, I devoured what he had to say. I still do. He writes, “I heard from two people this week (one is 11, the other twice that) who were forbidden to [...]
Personal productivity site Lifehacker has been asking people to empty their messenger bags and share a picture of their contents with the world. Their results are here, here, and here. Well, my students wanted to contribute, so here’s what’s in their backpacks. After we were done, I found myself quoting a co-worker likes to say, [...]
I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about the classes I have this fall. The lineup is incredibly exciting. My only gripe is that I’ve been assigned first period planning. Several seasoned teachers have given me the upshots to the early planning period, so I’m going in with an open mind. Here are my [...]
