Core Mechanics - bye bye
Decided to drop (not take) Core Mechanics - although the topic is very interesting, it is not a requirement for me since I alredy took Understanding Learning Environments and becau…
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Core Mechanics - Weew 2.1 - Class Notes
Sleep help us to see or formulate patterns Memorization also is helped by time - better to study over 3 days rather than all in one day Graphs Pie charts are hard to show differ…
Teacher PD - Week 2 - Class Notes
Rich discussion in class about the readings - what is are the core features and goals of transformative PD. Focus on: Classroom practice Teaching and learning of subject matter (…
Brazilian Education - Week 2 - Class Notes
Great discussion today about ProFIS - an inclusive liberal education program (2 years) that help students get into UNICAMP led by Prof. Marcelo Knobel. Prof. Thomas Ehrlich also …
Jewish Contemporary Museum - NEAT exhibit
On Sunday drove into the city with Omair to visit the Drop-In Art Studio’s Maker Art and Mini Expo featuring Stanford’s LDT student projects. Unfortunately we got there a litt…
Brazilian Education - Week 2 - Reading Notes
Pedrosa, R. H., Simões, T. P., Carneiro, A. M., Andrade, C. Y., Sampaio, H., & Knobel, M. (2014). Access to higher education in Brazil. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learnin…
Teacher PD - Week 2 - Assignment - Reading Response
“What do you think are the most important goals of PD? Why are those goals so important?” The most important goal of PD is to teach teachers how to think. Think about their tea…
Core Mechanics - Week 2 - General Notes
This class uses a book written by the Dean of the Graduate School of Education and his 2 research assistants (our teachers for the course) Schwartz, D. L., Tsang, J. M., & Blair, K…
E-trike first test ride
Awesome! Solid fitting of the box, no extra noise and a enough power. Fast as well! Have to slow down in turns. …
Teacher PD - Week 2 - Reading Notes
Ball, D., & Cohen, D. (1999). Toward a practice-based theory of professional education. Teaching as the Learning Profession San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Plenty of PD but fragmented…