Posted in Dr. Paul Slocumb, Simulations & Technology, Strategies & Techniques on Mar 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
I have an elementary school in West Virginia that did a book study of my boys book, Hear our Cry: Boys in Crisis, last spring. Following a recent boys presentation I did, I was asked if I would be willing to join a group of teachers in a discussion of Raising Cain by Dan Kindlon and [...]
Posted in Jennifer Meka Ratka, Simulations & Technology, Strategies & Techniques, Teacher Observations on Nov 30th, 2007 No Comments »
I am, as Mark Prensky would say, a “digital immigrant.” Having not grown up immersed in technology, I find myself printing out e-mails, printing out documents to proofread, and calling people to ask, “Did you get my e-mail?” Therefore, when I first heard that Dr. Ruby Payne was designing a classroom simulation—a serious computer game—to [...]
Posted in Lesson Plans, Simulations & Technology, Strategies & Techniques, Tools for Principals, Walter "Skip" Olsen on Oct 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
I had a great time last week with my friends at Education Minnesota, where I presented a workshop on constructing better PowerPoints. You know the typical PowerPoint drill: The presenter shows up, lights up the screen with the PowerPoint, and begins—many times reading the slides with his/her back to us. Bullet point after bullet point. [...]
Posted in Colleges, Nancy Sturm, Simulations & Technology, Strategies & Techniques, Teacher Observations on Sep 29th, 2007 No Comments »
I have just returned from a conference where the main topic discussed was what it means to be tech savvy in higher education environments, both for students and professors. As I found the conversation very interesting, I noticed there were no “digital natives” in the audience. (A digital native is someone who’s grown up immersed [...]
Posted in Colleges, Nancy Sturm, Simulations & Technology, Strategies & Techniques on Sep 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Is the aha! Process Classroom SIM effective at improving the targeted audience’s knowledge, skills, and attitudes about classroom discipline and management when used in conjunction with the book Working with Students: Discipline Strategies for the Classroom by Ruby Payne?
The results are in, and the answer is yes. A report describing the effectiveness evaluation of the [...]
Posted in Simulations & Technology, Walter "Skip" Olsen on Aug 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Perhaps I’ve gotten way ahead of myself, a condition I should be used to by this time. I started writing a blog without explaining why. Is it meant to be simply an online journal? A place to sound off? I don’t think so. It’s much more about the thoughtful conversations that are generated.
I’m here at [...]
Posted in Nancy Sturm, Simulations & Technology on Jun 12th, 2007 3 Comments »
One technology that could be enormously powerful for your kids’ learning is sometimes overlooked in our educational system, despite the successes it has to offer. Simulations are not just another in the long line of passing fads in education technology; rather, they are a real key to helping our students understand the world.
Because so [...]
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