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Category Archives: Curriculum
Khan Academy
The August, 2011 Wired article, “The New Way To Be a Fifth Grader” is subtitled “How the Khan Academy is changing the rules of education.” It may be doing that, or more likely it is not, but certainly there is … Continue reading
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Re-inventing Herb
Yesterday, at Winco, I was thumbing through the August Wired, which I seldom buy. My eye was caught by an article, “The New Way To Be a Fifth Grader,” and I took it home. A breath of fresh air! In an … Continue reading
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Philosophy of Education
In 1970, give or take a year, Payette High School underwent its first ten-year evaluation, a brand-new initiative, part of the accreditation process. I remember a Visitation Team of administrators from other districts, teachers of various disciplines from other districts, … Continue reading
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What Are Most Students Learning in College?
Today, 1/19/11, I read a most interesting article in the newspaper. Oddly, it does not seem to be available on The Statesman’s website. Find it at the Hechinger Report’s site. http://hechingerreport.org/content/what-are-most-students-learning-in-college-not-enough-study-says_4979/ Predictably, the article laments that “An unprecedented [longitudinal] study … Continue reading
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Senior Project Inception
December 8 and 9, 2010, I returned to Nampa High School to evaluate Senior Project Presentations, as I have continued to do since retirement. Earlier this semester, in correspondence with colleagues at NHS, I was asked how the Senior Project … Continue reading
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Gaming Math
In the December, 2010 Scientific American is an article on ten world-changing ideas that may influence our futures. One such idea is “game-ifying” real-life human activities in order to motivate and modify behaviors. I won’t try to explain it and, … Continue reading
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Pay to Play
Recently, I went to the John Best High School Orchestra Festival at the Morrison Center on the Boise State University campus. Eleven high school orchestras from around the valley represented their respective schools. There were 190 young musicians on the … Continue reading
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