Summer here in New York has been hot and humid the last few weeks. It’s sacrilegious, but thoughts about the beginning of a new school year in September have begun to creep into my thoughts intermittently. So let’s keep this post simple.
Let’s examine a simple question:
Why do so many educational committees and teams that start [...]
Archive for July, 2008
A Simple Summer Reflection
Posted in K-12 Education, Leadership, tagged successful committees, summer reflection, team failure, team standards on July 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lake Elsimore Revisited: Obstacles to School Reform
Posted in Constructivist Learning, Institute for Learning Centered Education, K-12 Education, Transformation, tagged charter schools, contructivism, Don Mesibov, Lake Elsimore, obstacles to school reform, school reform on July 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m back from a wonderful week of camping at a beach on Long Island, NY. I read three tremendous books, swam, and enjoyed being with the family.
Don Mesibov’s message in this week’s newsletter is on point and powerful.
pete
The Institute for Learning Centered Education Newsletter
Newsletter Edition: Volume 9, Issue 30
As you read this newsletter, a coalition [...]
Constructivism Defined
Posted in Constructivist Learning, Institute for Learning Centered Education, K-12 Education, Learning Styles, tagged Constructivist Learning, discovery learning, Don Mesibov, Institute for Learning Centered Education, project based learning on July 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Note from Pete:
I found these definitions of constructivist learning posted in Don Mesibov’s, Institute for Learning Centered Education newsletter, very helpful in expanding my understanding of this learning theory.
Newsletter Edition Volume 9, Issue 29
Four of the 43 teams registered for our summer constructivist conference that begins July 21 are from Milwaukee. They are being coordinated [...]
The Journey…Step One: Look in the Mirror
Posted in Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Transformation, journeys, tagged accountability, director of technology, Executive Coaching, Leadership, overwhelm, shame on July 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Director of Technology’s face was drained of all joy. She was sullen and unsmiling. Donna’s office was a sloppy mix of cables, computers, boxes, and papers. On her desk were a phone, a computer, keyboard and mouse. They where freckled with yellow sticky notes, each one with an urgent task to be completed. If [...]
My Daydream: A Student’s View of One to One Computing
Posted in Constructivist Learning, Educational Technology, K-12 Education, Learning, One Laptop per Child, Teachers, Transformation, infrastructure, tagged asus, collaborative learning, constructivist, Criterion, Fahrenheit 451, one to one, smartboard, student empowerment, student view, WebQuest on July 10, 2008 | 14 Comments »
I closed the cover of my Asus eee, tucked it into my backpack, and headed off to English class. I didn’t eat much today. I wanted to see the MIT lecture on Mitosis and Miosis because we were going to be spending some time on this in Science class this afternoon. Lucky for me, [...]
Using Music to Create Cognitively Challenging Activities
Posted in Constructivist Learning, Institute for Learning Centered Education, K-12 Education, Learning, Learning Styles, tagged constructivism, Constructivist Learning, Don Mesibov, lyrics, music, punctuation on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Reprinted with permission from Don Mesibov’s Newsletter for the Institute for Learning Centered Education
Teacher: “OK class, listen to this song and then tell me what is unique about it.
Hint: It has to do with the grammatical construction of the lyrics.”
Teacher then plays “You and I” (you youngsters can probably find it with a Google [...]
The Tips and Techniques Approach to Leadership
Posted in Executive Coaching, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Practice, Transformation, tagged commitment, emodiment, Leadership, Leadership Development, Michael Fullan, personal change, Stephen Covey, tips and techniques on July 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In seminar after seminar I encounter educators who are looking for a simple ‘tips and techniques’ approach to mastering the art of leadership. Talk is cheap. Advice is plentiful. Yet, effective leadership remains rare. For those of you looking for the secret shortcut to being a great leader, I took a few minutes to pull [...]
Failures Lead to Success
Posted in Constructivist Learning, Institute for Learning Centered Education, K-12 Education, Leadership, Learning, Teachers, tagged failure, Learning, success on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Republished with permission from: The Institute for Learning Centered Education
A well known actress said in a recent magazine feature that she liked the quote “Embrace failure because it points to a direction for the future.”
I recall a staff developer once telling of a chemical company that would call all its employees out to the [...]
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