EdClub - dinner at my place
Edrick, Camila, James, Sherry, and Corinne came over to my place to talk about EdTech Adoption in schools. Cooked Chicken Stogonoff for the first time following some YouTube recipees - it worked! Adop...
Beyond Bits and Atoms - Week 4 - Maker Space Observation
Went to Barron Elementary School today to observe their Maker Space. Barron is a public school with around 300 students - supposedly the ’ poorest’ school in the district… if this is the poorest...
Brazilian Education - Week 4 - Class Notes
We had the honor to have one of the authors from - “Educational Performance of the Poor: Lessons from Rural Northeast Brazil” by Harbison and Hanushek (1992) and David Plank who wrote a review ab...
Teacher PD - Week 4 - Class Notes
Today we went over the research papers we read about Math PD. We reconstructed the LHS framework through the lens of different researchers - hard mental exercice but gave us a good grip on the differe...
Curriculum Construction - Week 4 - Class Notes
Great class again lead by our ‘master-teacher’ Denise Pope. Housekeeping Group sites - arrange a meeting Write your Curriculum Rationale (see photo) Be aware of your site’s ideology for curric...
Curriculum Construction - Week 4 - Reading Notes
Short summary of Ralph Tyler’s Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction Four fundamental questions to be answered when developing any curriculum What educational purposes should the school s...
Curriculum Construction - Week 3 - Reading Reflection 1 Assignment
Prompt These short papers (approximately 2-3 pages) are intended to help students reflect on the experience of curriculum development, and to help us assess student understanding of concepts and ideas...
Desing as Reaserch Pop-up d.School
Participated in the d.school’s Research as Design pop-up course this weekend. How to use design thinking to resolve issues you might have in your research process. Several exercises, creative brains...
Teacher PD - Week 4 - Reading Notes
Givvin, K.B. & Santagata, R. (2011). Toward a common language for discussing the features of effective professional development: the case of a US mathematics program, Professional Development in Educa...
LDT Seminar - Week 3 - Class Notes & Pitch Assignment
Did a great “pitch” exercice in class to present ourselves and our Master’s project ideas in 60 seconds + one sentence you want to be remembered by. 2 rounds. Dramatic improvement from after fir...