Tag Archives: engagement

Make Just One Change: In Your Biology 12 Classroom

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

A guest post by Carl Sommerfeld, a science teacher at John Oliver Secondary where he shares his experience of “teaching students to ask their own questions” by using the question formulation technique shared in the book “Make Just One Change”. Recently I decided … Continue reading →

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Putting Understanding First

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

a.k.a. Starting Higher on Bloom’s Taxonomy In my science courses I am working on re-framing the current curriculum into an inquiry framework.  Often, the emphasis in planning & instruction is placed on the acquisition of background knowledge with higher order … Continue reading →

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Everything you know about curriculum may be wrong. Really.

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Reblogged from Granted, and…: UPDATE: Cool. This post was nominated and made the shortlist for Most Influential Post of 2012 by edublog. I’m really honored! Vote for me, if you’re so inclined, here. What if the earth moves and the … Continue reading →

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How are you intelligent?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

Link to two minute video Transcript of Brian Boyd on How Are You Intelligent: I think, essentially, what Howard Gardner did through his theory of multiple intelligences was to challenge a concept. Intelligence was something that was fixed, that was … Continue reading →

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Key Questions for Learner Engagement

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Question #1: What are you learning? Where are you going with your learning? Question #2: How is it (your learning) going?  Question #3: Where to next? Building on the “Three Questions” from Hattie & Timperley, Judy Halbert & Linda Kaser give guidelines on … Continue reading →

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Technology as Lever

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

In the February 2011 issue of Educational Leadership is a great article titled “Good Teaching Trumps Good Tools” by William M. Ferriter.  Obviously we want good teaching and good tools but Ferriter makes the point that “focusing on specific digital … Continue reading →

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