Sustainably Digital

A big thank you to all of you who voted on my classes’ element cards. In general I would say the project was a success. The front of the cards were generally decorated, though the backs of the cards were usually pretty lacking despite my appeals to make both sides visually appealing. If you missed [...]

This isn’t one of those super-tech-integrative activities people swoon over- but it’s one I enjoy (and if you just want to vote on the cards and not read this, scroll down to the bottom). After going over the basics of the atom and the periodic table, each student selects a different element off the periodic [...]

I sat down to grade my students’ chemical reaction primer artifacts this weekend. It didn’t take me long to realize that as a class we weren’t done with these projects yet. Clearly I hadn’t built in the necessary support for the project’s format. I seemed to do pretty well supporting the information (as described previously), [...]

Part 1 of the Chemical Reaction Artifact series of posts. I’m teaching at a new school this year. I’ve been unhappy with how little I’ve been able to integrate projects that involve students creating an “artifact of their learning.” I’ve been doing too much sage-on-the-staging, which I greatly dislike for a great many reasons. I’m [...]

I have just finished writing my Master’s project proposal. It’s been an experience. Since I’ve known I’ll be moving out of state (circa November), I’ve been trying to finish all the classes I can to avoid the horrors of transferring graduate-level credits. Since January I’ve taken 10 credits, including my weenie 1 credit I get [...]

I’m a pretty laid back dude. I don’t get too worked up about major life changes. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the hugeness of the changes, it’s just that I’m okay with change, and look forward to the new opportunities that result. I’m currently in the middle of some pretty huge life changes (i.e. [...]

I’ll try to keep posting on the progress of the projects as I go. If you haven’t already, check out the summary of what was happening on Day 2. Students are now set on what they’re doing and how they’re going to do it. Now it’s just a matter of getting their projects done. I [...]

One day, I’d really like to see an erupting volcano. Yes, I’m planning at some point to visit Hawai’i and see Kilauea erupting in classic basaltic shield volcano style, but I’d really like to see a massive, ash cloud, explosive, Plinian eruption. Of course, I’d like the guarantee of being perfectly safe in doing so. [...]