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Understanding Ancient Egypt 16 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
An ancient Egyptian proverb says, “To know means to record in one's memory; but to understand means to blend with the thing and to assimilate it oneself.” Teachers want students to truly understand, a...
The Lords of Discipline: Teachers and Classroom Management 3 Aug 2013 | 09:18 am
It’s August, and summer is waning. While students are still wrapped in the bliss of summer vacation, teachers in many districts are beginning to prepare their classrooms for the opening of school in a...
Smart Searching 27 Jul 2013 | 12:07 am
Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing. ~Wernher von Braun --> Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing. ~Wernher von Braun --> Two of the scariest words to a ...
Writing Over the Summer 15 Jul 2013 | 08:13 pm
It’s summertime, and the livin’ is easy – perhaps too easy. It’s a well-known fact in education circles that students generally lose between 1-3 months of their acquired learning over summer vacation....
Rube! A Physics and Creativity Challenge 29 Jun 2013 | 04:33 am
Humans spend a lot of time and effort simplifying processes, making tasks more efficient, and finding better ways to get things done. The ultimate goal of innovation, after all, is to make life better...
Portraits and Self-Portraits Across the Curriculum 15 Jun 2013 | 07:01 pm
Last summer, I spent some time with upper-elementary and middle school-aged students who were involved in a week-long art camp. The focus was portraiture, and the students could not have been less exc...
ASN on the Move: A Framework for Mobile Students and Teachers 4 Apr 2013 | 08:01 pm
A military child knows the drill all too well. Pack up your things, say goodbye to your friends, and head off to your new adventure: A new school, a new teacher, and, many times, a bunch of new materi...
How to Explode Educational Standards 4 Apr 2013 | 07:03 pm
One of the perks of working in education is the ability to be creative and to think outside the box. Lots of things in education can also be fun, such as science experiments, game-based learning, mock...
Relating to the ASN: Behind the Scenes 6 Mar 2013 | 10:14 pm
Each week for the past couple of years, Joann and I have discussed how teachers can use resources from the Gateway to 21st Century Skills to successfully integrate a huge variety of topics into their ...
Retrofitting Existing Lessons with Applicable Standards in the ASN 6 Mar 2013 | 10:12 pm
In my last column, I gave a brief overview of our Achievement Standards Network, or the ASN. The ASN is a vast (and ever-growing) repository of educational and professional standards that are describe...
