Igniting Awe in Learning

Photo from 10News: http://goo.gl/HcKI4E I shared the below information with my management team today as Burn Book seems to be the latest and greatest way for high school students to cyber bully. Feel free to modify and use if needed. But more importantly, I encourage you to read this blog post by a high school student about the impact these types of apps have on people:  http://goo.gl/Ls4Tv8 By now, most of you have probably heard of an app called BurnBook. Burn book allows students to anonymously post comments about anything. They choose their school, and then start posting. There are a lot of mean comments about other students and teachers being posted on the app, and occasionally threats to the safety of the school’s campus. I began monitoring the app the other day, and so far, it seems to be focused on high schools.  The high school district personnel have started a campaign to talk to students on all their campuses about the seriousness of p...

High School Student's FB this morning On #CAEdChat Sunday night, we discussed ways to "pimp" our lessons so that students walk in the door jazzed to learn. Dave Burgess, author of Teach Like a Pirate , shared that he always asks, " Here's my lesson...now how can I make this come ALIVE?! How can I create an EXPERIENCE?"   So often, I see teachers who drag the technology out of the cupboard and expect the students to start the ticker tape parade.  But students are bored, just like the high school student who posted the above FB pic this morning from his class.  Technology is not a ticker tape parade for them. But learning should be! As student Alex Bockert explained during #CAEdChat, " Don't start with all the actual work/research to be done - start with why this project will rock." So how will you make learning rock today?