Category: 21st Century Skills


What Project Based Learning is Doing for Students at Oskaloosa High School

Iowa’s Oskaloosa High School (OHS) hosted their first ever Project Based Learning Showcase in March.  To see this form of learning presented in such a grand fashion is exciting. This isn’t your old-fashioned science fair! The public was invited to see demonstrations of projects that the students worked on throughout the year.  This included real-time […]

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A scavenger hunt like no other

I just came back from FETC 2015. That’s the Florida Educational Technology conference with almost 10,000 attendees. It’s hard to pick what to write about first. Three days full of exciting technology, schools IT guys and gals looking for the next best thing in educational technology,  and most of all very inspiring teachers that are […]

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What a day!

The first hour of code hosted by Choosito was oh so much fun! Some had coded before, some not. Some were boys, some were girls. Some were kids, some were grown-ups. It was so inspiring to watch the engagement of all the kids and grown-ups. Everybody finished their hour of code!  Mel and Marina completed […]

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If a website is published as a book, is it then more reliable?

Nothing will ever be the same. Every assumption we have about what is reliable information  is now challenged.  We tell our students not to believe everything on the web just because it’s in print.  And this is correct.  Why? They ask. Because anyone can write on the web, we say. True, again. It will take […]

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Big Hero 6: 21st century superheros are STEM nerds

Big Hero 6 was a delight.  Based on Marvel book comic characters,  this is the story of Hiro,  who is taken away from wasted genius gambling on street bot fights to a fun and diverse group of young scientists. His brother draws him to the exciting world of science and technology labs in academia. Hiro […]

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Question & inquiry

  I like the first definition of “question” given by Merriam-Webster : “an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge”. I like it because it describes well the most frequent use of questions in the classroom. At least when I was a student.  I also like the first definition of “inquiry” by Merriam-Webster:  “examination into […]

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