Tag Archives: integrated studies

Engaging every learner – #AskDon’tTell #TrinityLearns

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

Do you ever worry about student-directed learning? Does it mean that the teacher is not engaged?  How are we supposed to teach if we don’t tell them stuff?  What if we asked our learners to show what they know before … Continue reading →

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Caine’s Arcade #PBL #DoDifferent #STEAM

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Do you still wonder if we should make time and space for project-based, student-directed learning? Can you spare 11 minutes to watch Caine’s Arcade? Can you find the content that you teach in Caine’s learning? I found design, engineering, math, … Continue reading →

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Practicing to be a TLC student leads to learning and questions

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

I am very intrigued by Steve Goldberg’s use of Google Earth for education and empathy.  Yesterday he posted A typical morning at TLC middle school.  For context, here’s what Steve predicts a day might look like at his school, opening … Continue reading →

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Synergy – Questions are the waypoints on the path of wisdom #MICON12

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

On Thursday, June 14, Bo Adams and Jill Gough are facilitating a double-session at The Martin Institute’s 2012 Conference (#MICON12 on Twitter). Below, conference participants and blog readers alike can find an outline of our session (at least as we intend it before … Continue reading →

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Synergy 8: the wish, the plan, the needs…

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

We are approaching the end of the time we will devote to our Alpha project so that our teams can move into their Beta project.  As is our practice, Bo and I are more directive with the choices during the … Continue reading →

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How to be a boring, bad writer…and other ideas

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

I hadn’t thought about it this way: So, if you want to be a boring, bad writer: Never ever learn new words. Be afraid to say interesting things. Read as little as possible. Always play on your laptops. Never touch … Continue reading →

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PBL: Place-based learning…could we…would we

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

I continue to be intrigued by LAL’s comment in PLC-F of how does my subject/discipline serve the problem rather than how does the “problem” serve my subject/discipline. PBL offers students the opportunity to problem-find and problem solve.  Our Learning for … Continue reading →

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Enrichment Activity: The Fibonacci Sequence & Series

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

What do we do with or for learners that enriches their view and learning of patterns and math?  How to we inspire learners to connect math and patterns to real things? In our Algebra I team, we’ve been discussing how … Continue reading →

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If a picture is worth 1000 words, what is video worth?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Which is most appealing to you?  Which draws you in and generates questions? Data represented above gleaned from worldometers: real time world statistics. Infographic from Bits of Science. Infographic from Data Visualization Encyclopedia, Information Technology, Symbols, Posters, Infographics Video from … Continue reading →

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Integrated Studies: Gardening, Obesity, Open Source Learning

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

In Synergy we have six groups working on community issues: obesity, cafeteria design and cleanliness, Nancy Creek, designing a fair to raise awareness for Habitat for Humanity, sleep, and graffiti. How do we create a movement to raise awareness?  How … Continue reading →

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