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More Nujabes music on iLike

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Ch 11 - Creating Frameworks for Possibility
I believe that it is necessary for us to reaffirm our philosophies and create standards for ourselves. In order for us to create more meaningful possibilities and create an environment for ourselves that is rich in possibilities.
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12 - Telling the WE Story
Throw out the “Black” and “White” […]

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Chapter 9 - Lighting a Spark
The practice of “enrollment” is giving yourself as a possibility to others and in turn being ready to catch other’s sparks. I intend to listen more carefully to others and their sparks. I plan on taking a “no” as a possibility of enrollment instead of feeling rejected that someone said […]

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Chapter 7 - The way things are…
Roz tells a story about skiing on snow and ice in New England. She was afraid of the ice until she realized that there would always be ice and snow in New England. I remember driving in Buffalo and being afraid of the ice and snow. When, we moved […]

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We just finished collaborating with Mrs Abrams class on our online magazine “Our Lives…Our Stories 2009″.
The following link is to our class website. I hope that you enjoy! You need to open link in a new window (right click on your mouse)
Winter_Issue/Welcome.html
The online fall magazine using “Issuu”

Get your own - Open publication

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For my final project… I really liked the interview with Ron Smith. Although, I disagreed with the idea of using powerpoint for demonstrations…I created a lesson using Powerpoint on Malawian houses (African nation where Madonna adopted a child) to be built using Google’s Sketch-up.
Here is my powerpoint lesson…

Here is the link to…Tutorials on how to […]

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Photo from Benjamin ZAnder’s webpage http://www.benjaminzander.com/book/  The book “The Art of Possibility” by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander is a truly inspirational book. It is one of those books that you want to read bits and pieces so you can get the full impact of their messages. But, on the other hand you don’t want to […]

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1.     Who is Ron Smith?
2.     What are some of the technology devices used in his classroom?
3.     Were they (the devices) successful?
4.     What are his feelings about “powerpoints” being used for presentations?
5.     How does he accommodate the varying interests of students in his classroom?
6.     What did he mean by the statement that teaching digital is all […]

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Another student created videos on
Youtube
Animoto #1
Animoto #2  
Student cited graphic from www.cartoonstock.com

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Our Students have been working on their “Hunt for Pythagoras Projects”…
They came out fantastic!!!
We created a scrapbook on Smilebox…

Make a Smilebox photobook

Video may be viewed here…
hunt-for-pythagoras.mov

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