Comments for Sustainably Digital http://blog.benwildeboer.com Thoughts on teaching & maintaining sanity Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:59:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Help a teacher out- Video shoutouts by Dean Shareski http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/help-a-teacher-out-video-shoutouts/#comment-325 Dean Shareski Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:59:20 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=345#comment-325 Here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDM4GhvLeE .-= Dean Shareski´s last blog ..<a href="http://ideasandthoughts.org/2009/11/02/robbing-students-and-teachers-of-joy/" rel="nofollow">Robbing Students and Teachers of Joy</a> =-. Here you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDM4GhvLeE
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]]> Comment on Scientific Method and Super Mario by Monkeymagic » Scientific Method and Super Mario http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/scientific-method-and-super-mario/#comment-323 Monkeymagic » Scientific Method and Super Mario Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:03:41 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=327#comment-323 [...] here November 02nd 2009 | Comments(0) | Asides on gaming science scientific_method [...] [...] here November 02nd 2009 | Comments(0) | Asides on gaming science scientific_method [...]

]]> Comment on The day swine flu came to town by Ben http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/the-day-swine-flu-came-to-town/#comment-321 Ben Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:21:02 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=335#comment-321 Hopefully your school doesn't get ravaged by the flu. So far we haven't been doing too badly, but there's always the worry it'll hit really hard. I should mention that I choose to upload the files as PDFs and not just as plain ol' Google Docs because the formatting often gets changed around a little bit. While that's not a big deal for many documents that I want to share and collaborate on with people, that little bit of extra time adds up when I'm doing the bulk uploading I need to share every handout I give in class. Hopefully your school doesn’t get ravaged by the flu. So far we haven’t been doing too badly, but there’s always the worry it’ll hit really hard.

I should mention that I choose to upload the files as PDFs and not just as plain ol’ Google Docs because the formatting often gets changed around a little bit. While that’s not a big deal for many documents that I want to share and collaborate on with people, that little bit of extra time adds up when I’m doing the bulk uploading I need to share every handout I give in class.

]]> Comment on The day swine flu came to town by Patti Harju http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/the-day-swine-flu-came-to-town/#comment-320 Patti Harju Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:53:03 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=335#comment-320 We have been lucky so far and not had many children out with the flu - and so far no swine flu (I am knocking on wood.) Many area schools however have been closed over the past two weeks for flu. Thank you for the tip using Google Docs. I have not used them this way and am excited to check it out. The examples are great. Thanks again! We have been lucky so far and not had many children out with the flu – and so far no swine flu (I am knocking on wood.) Many area schools however have been closed over the past two weeks for flu.

Thank you for the tip using Google Docs. I have not used them this way and am excited to check it out. The examples are great. Thanks again!

]]> Comment on Problems with Pluto by Ben http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/problems-with-pluto/#comment-315 Ben Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:07:11 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=298#comment-315 @<strong>Meika</strong>: Got it in one. Nice work! I didn't want to spend hours trying to get realistic sounding alien names, and my dear wife suggested I use names from the Dragonriders of Pern books. @Meika: Got it in one. Nice work! I didn’t want to spend hours trying to get realistic sounding alien names, and my dear wife suggested I use names from the Dragonriders of Pern books.

]]> Comment on Problems with Pluto by Meika http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/problems-with-pluto/#comment-314 Meika Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:59:35 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=298#comment-314 Great exercise, Ben! I think I know the book(s) - Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffery? I didn't recognize all the names, but Pern I got. :) .-= Meika´s last blog ..<a href="http://wandering-aramean.typepad.com/a_wandering_aramean/2009/10/not-fun-hospitals.html" rel="nofollow">Not Fun - Hospitals</a> =-. Great exercise, Ben!

I think I know the book(s) – Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffery? I didn’t recognize all the names, but Pern I got. :)
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]]> Comment on Problems with Pluto by Ben http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/problems-with-pluto/#comment-312 Ben Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:31:09 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=298#comment-312 It's true that students could really, truly, understand the reasoning behind the decision to make Pluto a dwarf planet and yet disagree based solely on emotional reasons. This worked so much better because <strong>the students</strong> themselves decided that Pluto fits better in a dwarf planet (even though I had to trick them into it :-) ) Thanks! It’s true that students could really, truly, understand the reasoning behind the decision to make Pluto a dwarf planet and yet disagree based solely on emotional reasons. This worked so much better because the students themselves decided that Pluto fits better in a dwarf planet (even though I had to trick them into it :-) )

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Problems with Pluto by Kyle Simon http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/problems-with-pluto/#comment-311 Kyle Simon Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:01:45 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=298#comment-311 This is really great. It's much better than trying to present support for an argument which students are blindly/passionately against. This is also a great example of how we need to go about teaching what it means to classify, compare and contrast. Thanks. This is really great. It’s much better than trying to present support for an argument which students are blindly/passionately against. This is also a great example of how we need to go about teaching what it means to classify, compare and contrast.

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Tim Gunn & the role of a teacher by Ben http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/tim-gunn-and-the-role-of-a-teacher/#comment-300 Ben Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:23:47 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=273#comment-300 @<strong>angie</strong>: I appreciate Tim Gunn much more now that I've had this revelation. While there are a lot of shows in this genre (Top Chef, So You Think You Can Dance, etc.), I think Tim Gunn exemplifies the role of mentor/guide through conversation with the contestants. It's true, to effectively own this role as a teacher you really need to 1) have positive personal relationships with your students, 2) know your subject area, and 3) have explicit understanding of the students strengths & weaknesses so you know where to push and how to challenge. I don't know about the T-shirt, but I'm thinking of a "Make it Work!" poster. ;-) @<strong>jsb16</strong>: Thanks! I'm pretty interested in it too. I taught HS physics for 5 years and I found hands-on projects were the best motivators. I meant to do a post this summer detailing my favorite and most successful project ever (pipe-insulation roller-coasters). The post is still in the queue, I just need to take care of some other things first. I think a HS physics course could definitely be revamped using some of the principles I'm working up for my Master's Project. I'll be sure to keep my blog updated with my progress and thinking. I'm planning on publishing my final project paper on the blog as well. @angie: I appreciate Tim Gunn much more now that I’ve had this revelation. While there are a lot of shows in this genre (Top Chef, So You Think You Can Dance, etc.), I think Tim Gunn exemplifies the role of mentor/guide through conversation with the contestants. It’s true, to effectively own this role as a teacher you really need to 1) have positive personal relationships with your students, 2) know your subject area, and 3) have explicit understanding of the students strengths & weaknesses so you know where to push and how to challenge. I don’t know about the T-shirt, but I’m thinking of a “Make it Work!” poster. ;-)

@jsb16: Thanks! I’m pretty interested in it too. I taught HS physics for 5 years and I found hands-on projects were the best motivators. I meant to do a post this summer detailing my favorite and most successful project ever (pipe-insulation roller-coasters). The post is still in the queue, I just need to take care of some other things first. I think a HS physics course could definitely be revamped using some of the principles I’m working up for my Master’s Project. I’ll be sure to keep my blog updated with my progress and thinking. I’m planning on publishing my final project paper on the blog as well.

]]> Comment on Tim Gunn & the role of a teacher by jsb16 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2009/tim-gunn-and-the-role-of-a-teacher/#comment-299 jsb16 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:53:22 +0000 http://blog.benwildeboer.com/?p=273#comment-299 I'm really interested in what you're working on, here. Not so much the details of the unit you develop, but the process of developing it. I desperately need to figure out how to apply these ideas to high school physics, because we lose way too many kids and I'm sure some of them would be captivated by more student-centered work. I’m really interested in what you’re working on, here. Not so much the details of the unit you develop, but the process of developing it. I desperately need to figure out how to apply these ideas to high school physics, because we lose way too many kids and I’m sure some of them would be captivated by more student-centered work.

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