Category Archives: Empathy

Remember the ALAMO

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

I’m trying out a new homework policy with our 6th graders in our collaboratively-taught class on Composers (General Music). The students have “listening logs” they do, where they listen to a piece of music about their composer, fill out some … Continue reading →

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Empathy

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Sent to me by my colleague Becky.   I agree with the message of empathy, and this also resonates with me in terms of believing that technology is not a separator of people, but can in fact be a uniter of people, … Continue reading →

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Role-Play Gaming and Our Learning Paradigm

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

This weekend I did some role-play gaming with friends and decided to step back a little and study how the process of gaming provides opportunities to acquire Knowledge(content), Skills and practice Habits of Mind. Note: GM stands for “Game Master” – the … Continue reading →

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A “Glorious Disaster”

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

So, in (7th Grade) Media Literacy last time, we tried a “backchannel” experiment. The theme for the day was “What is beauty?” – we normally look at pictures of photoshopped models and products, talk about who defines what beauty is … Continue reading →

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Multiple Intelligences

Posted on October 3, 2010 by

The last 2 SpeechCraft classes have both been about Multiple Intelligences.  We use the Birmingham Grid website online assessment, which is designed for middle school and up. First, we take the online quiz.  It tells us our preferences for Interpersonal, … Continue reading →

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