The Clean Watersheds Project is an interdisciplinary collaboartive watershed monitoring project that uses Google Earth Pro to store and share watershed data. Our main goal is to empower our community of parents, teachers, students and environmental experts to collect, post, and analyze data about our changing watersheds in an effort to improve the health of our national watersheds.
[Corrected link] "Mr. Kohn talks about his book, The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards", published by Houghton Mifflin. The book challenges the current state of education, and proposes multi-age, interdisciplinary classrooms. After his remarks he answered questions from the audience. "
"Mr. Kohn talks about his book, The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards", published by Houghton Mifflin. The book challenges the current state of education, and proposes multi-age, interdisciplinary classrooms. After his remarks he answered questions from the audience. "
CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet.
Technology continues to profoundly affect the way we work, collaborate, communicate, and succeed.
The digital divide, once seen as a factor of wealth, is now seen as a factor of education: those who have the opportunity to learn technology skills are in a better position to obtain and make use of technology than those who do not.
I like this quote. Once considerd a factor fo wealth is now considered a factor of education. That's a game-changing phrase if you agree with it. Wouldn't you agree?
Once seen as an isolating influence, technology is now recognized as a primary way to stay in touch and take control of one’s own learning.
In order for technology to enable students (of all ages) to take control of their own learning, what kind of tools must be open? Does YOUR school's network truly enable students to take control of their learning?
It gives students a public voice and a means to reach beyond the classroom for interaction and exploration.
They expect and experience personalized content in games and websites that is at odds with what they find in the classroom.
The “spaces” where students learn are becoming more community-driven, interdisciplinary, and supported by technologies that engage virtual communication and collaboration.
The ways we design learning experiences must reflect the growing importance of innovation and creativity as professional skills.
The way we think of learning environments is changing.
Is it fair to say that this is true - everywhere EXCEPT at school?
Technology is increasingly a means for empowering students, a method for communication and socializing, and a ubiquitous, transparent part of their lives
Included in this site are over 30 lesson plans that address core learning objectives in reading, math, science and social studies. Each lesson plan includes:
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Resources students use to complete the lesson (expedition journals and related data, bibliographies, Web site links, etc.)
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A student worksheet that can be printed
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