PSI and PMI: Effective New Approaches to High School Science and K-12 Mathematics #blc11

Notes from my 1st workshop: PSI and PMI: Effective New Approaches to High School Science and K-12 Mathematics with Robert Goodman. PSI and PMI: Effective New Approaches to High School Science and K-12 Mathematics Speakers Robert Goodman Progressive Science Initiative (PSI) & Progressive Mathematics Initiative (PMI) AP Exams as a Goal provides standard metric recognized by … Continue reading

Design Thinking with @ewanmcintosh #blc11

My first pre-conference at BLC. Design Thinking: Genuine Epic-Scale Problem-Based Learning from Whole-School Planning, to Supporting and Measuring by Ewan McIntosh. Learned a lot and had a ton of fun. A lot of time was spent scribbling on post-it notes, but here are the notes that I jotted down. A big part of my work this morning … Continue reading

Just Got an iPad! #ipaded

I just got an iPad!  Excited would be an understatement!!  I will have a class set next year, so I really am looking into apps that will be necessary to make everything work well next year.  My goal in looking for apps at this point would be more “productivity” apps, at least for the moment. … Continue reading

LMS – Cavas vs Haiku pt 2

Today I had a chance to touch base with the director of technology at our school.  And we talked about the Canvas and Haiku demos.  And now I see why so many schools are turning to Haiku… Haiku is really geared towards the K-12 market, whereas Canvas is targeting the University level, at the moment. … Continue reading

LMS – Canvas vs Haiku

Over the last 2 days, I heard demos from two Learning Management Systems – Canvas and Haiku.  I am in love with Canvas and have been for some time.  It is so feature rich and user-friendly.  It has a very clean look and there aren’t excessive “clicks”.  The ability to drag-and-drop within: 1. the Calendar … Continue reading