It's More Than Maps & Globes

Based on the assessment of your glocal IQ, what do you think the implications are for your students? When considering your instructional design, how might you think more glocally in order to develop global citizenship in your students?

The Significance of Place

James Howard Kunstler stated in his book Geography to Nowhere, "When every place looks the same- there is no such thing as place any longer."Please share with the group the name of the places where you were born, went to elementary school, went to college, had your first teaching job, and where you live now. In your opinion what is the significance of place?

Stretching Our Thinking

"A mind once stretched by a new idea can never return to its original shape."
~Thurgood Marshall

Hopefully you've spent some time considering our exploration of quadrants A and B of the Rigor & Relevance Framework and the potential of Web 2.0 tools to impact learning in all 4 quadrants. In our next meeting we will explore quadrants C and D in greater detail, as well as some additional Web 2.0 tools. In preparation let's reflect a bit. Consider some of these questions and add a comment to share your reactions. In what ways has your thinking been challenged, or stretched? Were you motivated, or inspired, by anything in particular? What ideas do you have for potential ways Web 2.0 tools might impact rigor and relevance in your classroom, or at your school? In what ways can Web 2.0 tools be integrated to help achieve goals of the school improvement plan at your school?

Visit the blog again over the next few days to add the ideas of others to your repertoire and keep the conversation going! Susan and I will be checking in, and sharing too.

Learning to Change, Changing to Learn

As you view and listen to Learning to change, Changing to learn, think about the power of Web 2.0, the free read/write web that includes easy access to blogs, wikis, presentation and analysis tools, and much more. How might these tools be leveraged in your classroom to empower students in their quest for understanding that is both rigorous and relevant?

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Click on comments and jump start the conversation! Read contributions made by others and comment on them. If you look at the Blog Archive you can see the comments made by others who attended the March 2009 class. Sometimes it is fun to see what others have said. The Twins will also be right in the middle of this conversation. The more we contribute, the more we will all gain!

Great Teachers

We recently conducted the class Rigor, Relevance & Web 2.0. The brief slideshow embedded here depicts only a fraction of the hard work and dedication of the great teachers who attended our class.



Despite meeting on late evenings, after working all day, we had a great time, made some new friends, and we all learned a great deal too! What a great group of teachers!

RRWR in the Rear View Mirror

Wow, what a whirlwind time we had in those two short evenings! For this final post we will view Rigor, Relevance and Web 2.0 from our rear view mirrors. Please share your thoughts about the following:

If you were not using Web 2.0 tools prior to this class, what do you have to lose by giving a couple of them a try now?

And finally, how does the Rigor, Relevance Framework guide instructional design "OUT" of the lecture-recitation-practice trap teachers can get "stuck" in? How can your Web 2.0 project for this class move students from Quadrant A through Quadrant D?

We are very interested in what y'all are thinking at this point. Read the comments of your classmates and share your ideas about their thoughts too.

Stretching Our Thinking

"A mind once stretched by a new idea can never return to its original shape."

~Thurgood Marshall

Hopefully you've spent some time considering our exploration of quadrants A and B of the Rigor & Relevance Framework and the potential of Web 2.0 tools to impact learning in all 4 quadrants. In our next meeting we will explore quadrants C and D in greater detail, as well as some additional Web 2.0 tools. In preparation let's reflect a bit. Consider some of these questions and add a comment to share your reactions. In what ways has your thinking been challenged, or stretched? Were you motivated, or inspired, by anything in particular? What ideas do you have for potential ways Web 2.0 tools might impact rigor and relevance in your classroom, or at your school? In what ways can Web 2.0 tools be integrated to help achieve goals of the school improvement plan at your school?

Visit the blog again over the next few days to add the ideas of others to your repertoire and keep the conversation going! Susan and I will be checking in, and sharing too.

Image source: netTrekker d.i.

Learning to Change, Changing to Learn

As you view and listen to Learning to change, Changing to learn, think about the power of Web 2.0, the free read/write web that includes easy access to blogs, wikis, presentation and analysis tools, and much more. How might these tools be leveraged in your classroom to empower students in their quest for understanding that is both rigorous and relevant?



Click on comments and jump start the conversation! Read contributions made by others and comment on them. The Twins will also be right in the middle of this conversation. The more we contribute, the more we will all gain!