August 25, 2008Troy Hicks
Today, I got an email from Karinna from WGBH in Boston — this sounds like an incredible resource!
Just in time for the new school year, the critically-acclaimed season of NOVA scienceNOW is now available for free download directly from its Web site. Wrapping up its third season this summer, this magazine-style science series from [...]
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August 15, 2008Troy Hicks
We finished RCWP’s version of Tech Matters today, and I will write about that in a future post. But, for tonight, I am cleaning out my inbox and I have a number of links to share that were sent to me over the summer. So, in no particular order or thematic fashion, here are some [...]
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August 13, 2008Troy Hicks
Alan November, November Learning
Notes taken from November’s talk at the St. Clair RESA Symposium on
21st Century Learning
August 13, 2008
Port Huron High School
Marco Torres and his students’ video
Invite students to step up and be teachers themselves
My talk is not about technology — it is about new roles
for the learner and the teacher that are enabled by [...]
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August 13, 2008Troy Hicks
Highlights from the keynote address at the St. Clair RESA Symposium on 21st Century Learning
August 13, 2008
Port Huron High School
Yong Zhao, MSU
Mistakes with technology and schools
Solution seeking problems — we put technology in school,
but the problems were not there or evident
Trusting the wrong agent — Whose machine is it? The
teachers? The students? What purpose does [...]
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August 8, 2008Troy Hicks
Today marked the end of our Project WRITE summer institute, and there were both smiles and tears to be found amongst the many of us who shared our writing this morning and our professional learning this afternoon. My partner, project leader Liz Webb, structured an amazing week, given all that we had to do from [...]
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