Even though this $200 Netbook may not be it, the future is just around the corner. I have the privilege of teaching half of my day in a classroom setting where every student has a Macbook. As you can imagine, this has changed my entire approach to education. But the technology is just a...
What a great lesson plan! If you look through some of Dan Pink’s presentations, he speaks about developing the entire right brain, and not being too caught up in individual aptitudes. As the Indianapolis Star points out in this article, teacher Chad Wallace uses football statistics to enhance his mathematics lesson plans. Students wear...
As a lover of the arts, this article really struck home for me. I immediately thought of Dan Pink, and the aptitudes of Story and Symphony. What is opera but a human story? Most of our great and wonderful story lines can be found in opera. And if you can include all of the...
This article in The Christian Science Monitor points to an interesting endorsement of Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind. By reintroducing Play into the school day, students listen better and focus more during class. Play is important to success. Teaching kids that is is “OK” to take a break and then get to work...
I was sent this update from Glogster EDU and thought I should pass it along: As of February 28th, Glogster will begin limiting its free education accounts to 100 students. If you are like me, you teach more than 100 students in a day. If you sign up for your account before the deadline,...
When I ran across this data, the impirtance of Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind began to crystallize. I think as teachers we are obsessed with teaching technology to our students. We think that if we can learn the cutting edge technologies, then our kids will be at an advantage.
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