Education
Education
Cell Phones & The Pre-Selfie Era
Cell Phones & The Pre-Selfie Era – Welcoming In The New Millennials Some selfies are just worth it! When the UofU took a major championship, the Crimson Line dancers were partying down in the standsI Life time photo! “Although Utah was not officially recognized as a national champion by the BCS (which crowned Florida in 2008), the team was ranked No. 1 in the final Anderson-Hester computer rankings after the 2008 season and was later officially credited by the NCAA as a national champion in 2018 due to its undefeated record and strong performance in the BCS era.” ~Google AI Utah remains the only team from a non-automatic qualifying conference to play in two BCS…
Technology integration – now and future
Technology integration – now and future #BringItOn” I was standing outside the middle school talking with the technology guy for both the middle school and the high school a while back. Really great guy, a family man, well respected for his work with the school district. We were discussing the issue of Bringing Your Own Devices (BOD) to school, and how that would affect, not just the lives of the students, but his IT department, and all the teachers at both schools. While I am tremendously happy for our district, I also understand the challenges we face with technology. New Technology and Education New technology creates volumes of work for those in IT, as well as for…
Lectures in the field and the use of social media
Lectures in the field and the use of social media as a learning tool Today, I taught a lesson from a compilation of about 500 images that were taken using a cell phone during a self-help housing project back in 2011. I took those images over six months. The compilation was showing the process of building a house from the ground up. Below are a few images of the outside of the house showing the levels or steps of the construction phases.The classes I taught today consisted of students from the woodwork and construction classes, so the compilation was very appropriate for study. I was able to present…
Making The Grade – It’s Crunch Time!
Making The Grade – It’s Crunch Time! Making the Grade – It’s Crunch Time! Anyone who has spent much time at all in education might understand the term Death-Bed Repentance. I had another teacher spell that statement out for me this week as we were trying to motivate our one shared student to get his work done. Death-bed repentance, or simply stated: – those last minute adjustments to assignments -picking up on any late work -actually showing up to class instead of just leaving your recorder there -cramming information into our brains for quick purging Loans and scholarships are all on the line now, and for a fraction of the time,…
On the ledge – Overcoming fears
On the ledge – Overcoming fears. On the ledge – Overcoming fears. Fear is a trait. In talking with a young college student just recently, I learned that she is preparing to present to a group of kids who are incarcerated in a regional detention center in our area. She was trying to determine which methods to use to teach these students about learning, and now asking “questions” is specific to all things in life. At first, she was going to use the analogy of a McDonald’s Big Mac with Coke and Fries, versus a kid’s burger with no condiments on it, as a representation of future goals of the…
