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Monthly Archives September 2009

Nuts & Bolts

[Editor's note: this one goes out to Shelly Blake-Plock of TeachPaperless and is a kind of meta-testament to the power of a widely distributed PLN to effect classroom reform for authentic engagement.]
The classroom is up and running, and we’ve been through three weeks of shake-out. In the interests of sharing and transparent teaching, I [...]

Posted 23 September 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Aquí mero

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about authentic audiences for my students’ work. Most often, a teacher is the immediate audience, though not always an authentic one. Parents, too, are an traditional audience for student work, but their authenticity waxes and wanes with their children’s relationships with them. Because of communications technology [...]

Posted 05 September 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Learning the Way it Works for Me, Part 1

[Editor's note: Guest blogger Damani Harrison, gifted musician and mentor, joins Classroots.org for a series of posts sharing his take on authentic engagement in teaching and learning.  Damani works for the Music Resource Center, "a state-of-the-art facility where teens can learn the latest technology in the music industry and study and participate in every phase [...]

Posted 05 September 2009 † Chad § Anecdote § Blog post ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,