Clarence Fisher posted this and I think it’s well worth watching. Enjoy.
Entries Tagged as ‘research’
February 6, 2009
Reading and the Mind
I am always interested in the science behind brain function and learning. Thanks to Stephen Downes leading me to this new study and to Helge for posting it. Scientists studied brain function while reading and found the process in the brain while reading remarkably similar to the brain while actually experiencing similar events. Readers [...]
February 14, 2008
Planning, Plotting, Thinking
My division has this very cool professional development going on in which we choose a topic within a set agenda to research ourselves based on our own burning question. I think my question began as “Who are boys in the 21st Century and how do we meet their needs as literacy learners?” Grand intentions.
I’ve done [...]
February 3, 2008
Being Excellent
Striving for excellence is a personal pastime. Doug highlighted the International Reading Association’s position statement on excellent reading teachers today. I was challenged to look at my own teaching and compare it to the list they give as critical for excellent reading teaching.
Looking at the criteria, I reflect on my strengths and weaknesses. [...]
January 28, 2008
Literature Circles for Non-fiction
I had a wonderful day planning today. I love planning. I thought I’d do a little surfing to see what is available online to assist with my planning. I have been an online thinker and an avid feed reader but I haven’t used many online educational planning resources. I’ve never yet [...]
March 12, 2007
Beyond the Bird Unit!
In the Teacher Librarian magazine (Beyond the Bird Unit, Dec. 2005), Jennifer Robins et al, define three kinds of constructivist lesson planning strategies – Problem based learning, Inquiry based learning and Project based learning. I must admit I have trouble keeping these three straight in my head.
Here it goes, problem based learning, the instructor [...]
March 12, 2007
21st Century Skills
Janice Friesen’s article, Giving Students 21st Century Skills in Multimedia Schools (2003) gives a quick a dirty look at the need for a new kind of assignment in school. She highlights some of the advantages of the Big Six research method and mentions a few starting resources, including James Mackenzie’s FNO. This article is a [...]
February 9, 2007
LLRC here I come!
I just found out I’ll be presenting at the Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada conference in Saskatoon in May. I’m now quite petrified. Yes, I had applied to do this. I think this is what they call ‘cold feet’. It is an exciting opportunity to share on digital and technolgocial literacy within the literacy [...]
