http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus Deborah Thonus is a STAR member of the Discovery Educator Network Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/09/18/project-based-learning/#comment-167 Robin Talkowski Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:58:23 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/09/18/project-based-learning/#comment-167 I love the idea of announcing to your students that you will not be their teacher this year and have them discover that they teach themselves with guidance and coaching from you. Thanks for "getting me thinking." I love the idea of announcing to your students that you will not be their teacher this year and have them discover that they teach themselves with guidance and coaching from you. Thanks for “getting me thinking.”

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/07/15/masters-in-instructional-media-outstanding-2/#comment-91 Kevin S Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:15:12 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/07/15/masters-in-instructional-media-outstanding-2/#comment-91 I agree. I am in the program with Deborah and I love the program. It is amazing the vast amount of information that can be learned in 6-8 weeks by surfing the net and experimenting with the tools and resources out there. The classes are a great price, too, and excellent professors. I agree. I am in the program with Deborah and I love the program. It is amazing the vast amount of information that can be learned in 6-8 weeks by surfing the net and experimenting with the tools and resources out there. The classes are a great price, too, and excellent professors.

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/03/26/is-it-really-important/#comment-89 Kelly Paraskevakos Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:50:22 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/03/26/is-it-really-important/#comment-89 The quote from Woodrow Wilson is hysterical! I liked the discussion on resistance to change. I often feel like I have two forces fighting inside as an education: the first is the force which wants to know all this new technology, wants to explore it, play with it, use it in the classroom; the other wants proof it is worth my time and effort and wants to know why, as a successful teacher, I have to constantly change. Change is important and this video highlighted the fact that it is not changing, but improving, we are doing as we develop more technologically sound incorporation in our classrooms. And no one can argue that improvement is good! Thanks for sharing the video, Deborah. The quote from Woodrow Wilson is hysterical! I liked the discussion on resistance to change. I often feel like I have two forces fighting inside as an education: the first is the force which wants to know all this new technology, wants to explore it, play with it, use it in the classroom; the other wants proof it is worth my time and effort and wants to know why, as a successful teacher, I have to constantly change. Change is important and this video highlighted the fact that it is not changing, but improving, we are doing as we develop more technologically sound incorporation in our classrooms. And no one can argue that improvement is good! Thanks for sharing the video, Deborah.

]]> http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/03/26/homework-with-a-twist/#comment-43 Robin Talkowski Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:19:28 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/03/26/homework-with-a-twist/#comment-43 It is nice to see how you are using technology to implement the district's homework policy. I just gathered some articles about the usefulness of homework to challenge the new teachers in my district to re-think how they use homework and what it accomplishes. It is nice to see how you are using technology to implement the district’s homework policy. I just gathered some articles about the usefulness of homework to challenge the new teachers in my district to re-think how they use homework and what it accomplishes.

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