Remarkable Chatter. Podstock 2012. ESSDACK. SteveWyckoff. Steve has been in public education since 1972.
He has taught at the middle and high school levels, and served as a building level administrator for over a decade. He has worked in school improvement and school reform since 1992. In addition he has taught at the university level in educational administration and lead superintendents in their study of the future. Steve has been at ESSDACK since 1991. Beginning as the School Improvement Specialist, Steve worked with ESSDACK schools as they began the accreditation process through QPA. Steve officially retired September 1, 2005 but is still employed at ESSDACK on a part time basis. To read Steve's thinking about various educational issues, or to hear conversations he's had with unique individuals on educational topics, head over to What's Become Clear. GingerLewman. Since coming to ESSDACK in 2010, Ginger has specialized in Project Based Learning, Technology Integration, and Gifted and High-Ability Learners.
Before settling in Hutchinson, Ginger was the director of Turning Point Learning Center’s f2f Program, where she created the LifePractice Model. She describes the LifePractice Model as "a mash-up of Project Based Learning, high-levels of technology, and a strong democratic approach to learning. " "As a teacher, I'm a resource, not the source. " Through this half-decade of experience, Ginger developed a sharply honed set of PBL skills which she shares (and role-models) in her highly-engaging and hands-on workshops. She believes strongly in the concept of learning by doing as she discovers educators' current comfort levels, then gently walks them deeply into a world of learning.
LifePractice Learning. Today’s post is another question, submitted by a teacher whose school I’ve had the pleasure to work with on a few occasions.
I love that she’s reaching out with today’s question, in response to me challenging science teachers to re-think how we do science fair projects. Hi Ginger, I am the junior high science teacher at our school. [...] I am wanting to do a big science fair with my 8th graders. Thinking About the First Days of School in a PBL Environment « LifePractice Learning. English: School, Classroom.
Lezo Public school. Guipuscoa. Basque Country. Euskara: Ikasgela. Lezo herri eskola. Hello PBL’ers! As we’re starting to begin thinking of the start of the 2012-13 school year, I wanted to share a few posts that might get us thinking about creating a school and classroom culture beyond the normal traditional approach to school. Harry Wong‘s “First Days of School” not for me on the first a great one for leaders: You Want Me to Do What? Using Literature the First Weeks of School (not necessarily the first days, but it could be) from one of my favorite colleagues from afar, Paul Bogush: Because I just wanted to be creative… finally, a post from me, comparing a PBL environment to “doing projects” 12 Ways to Know if You’re in a PBL Environment or Merely Having Kids “Do Projects” in Your I’m nearly finished with a series of short, quick projects for the new PBL teacher and new PBL class, elementary through high school. Kevin Honeycutt.
KevinHoneycutt. Kevin grew up in poverty and attended school in many cities across the United States.
Through this experience, he collected powerful experiences that still influence his conversations and his work with educators. He spent 13 years teaching K-12 art in public school and for 17 years spent summers leading creative adventure camps for kids of all ages. In 1991, he received the Making IT Happen Award, a program identifing and rewarding educational technology leaders around the world for their commitment and innovation.
Kevin came to ESSDACK as a Technology Integration Specialist in 2003. At ESSDACK, he researches and designs programs, training, and staff development with a strong passion for helping teachers and learners become successful with educational uses of technology. He shares his thinking and learning on his blog Tradigital Learning and in his podcast Driving Questions in Education. Find out more about how Kevin can work with you at his site: Traditigital Learning.