What is it? What can it do? Who can use it? Why would you want it? When can you get it? How much will it be? I don't know all of the answers but I have explored to find some of them. This is one of two articles I will write. One General Use http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Tsrg_EQMw&list=TLqTCMxOdQCtw One Educational Use I have been to CERN. Since it was a couple of years ago, I used this teacher's journey to "see" what the LHC is like … [Read more...]
Teachers Learning with Ease / Great PD for teachers
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Following Professional Development Initiatives for Educators This is my 4th ( fourth ) learning initiative this summer.I do this much in the way I was an activist in civil rights. I believe that we teachers are empowered with proper professional development and support and able to reach a large audience of the educational community. Beginning Steps SCALABLE GAME DESIGN I took a course at the Atlas Institute at Colorado University with Dr. Alexander … [Read more...]
Grass Roots Initiative Uniting the Under Served in STEM, Colorado Preconference Event
The members of SIG DE,SITE DE and Social Justice, Colorado Educational Groups, Leading Educators and people interested in transformational change in schools want to provide a learning experience that you will enjoy . It is a pre-conference event. A one-day workshop, Denver, 27 June 2010 The workshop is free of charge and we are providing lunch. We are looking for people from Colorado whether or not they are attending the ISTE conference … [Read more...]
Why So Few? Do you really want to know? That Gender Problem
How do we encourage women in STEM? Computational Sciences? The "digital divide" that persists in Internet use based on income, education and community means people are not acquiring the digital fluency that is required to operate in to-day's world Let's Talk Gender In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers? A new research report by AAUW presents compelling evidence that … [Read more...]
Empowering Teachers with Transformational Tools and Ideas
Many people see teachers as the problem in education instead of thinking , why are the teachers not prepared? What don't they know? How can we help teachers transform their learning? What should we do to link teachers, resources, and initiatives that can help? The sheer numbers needed .. Who Will Teach? Experience Matters Read the full report: http://www.nctaf.org/WhoWillTeachExperienceMatters.htm Between 2004 and 2008, … [Read more...]
