Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 17th, 2009 No Comments »
I made these for birthday break at school, and lots of people liked them, so I am posting the recipe here.
Blackberry Bars
Good warm or at room temp. We took them camping and they held together pretty well.
Cook Time: 50 min
Prep Time: 10-15 min
Dough:
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup quick cooking rolled oats
2/3 cup packed brown [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2009 No Comments »
This is not, strictly speaking, a teaching or technology post. But I have just finished reading Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work, which has me thinking about education and craft work, and all the hands on learning that happens at Peninsula School.
When I was at Peninsula I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Last year in history 8, Margaret and I did an assignment for the students to articulate the views of the Patriots and the Loylists at specific points in the revolution using photos I took in Colonial Williamsburg and a fun comic making program called Comic Life. But there were two problems. Not everyone had Comic [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 1 Comment »
Well, I am not sure if I want to use this with my students, but it might work.
My loyalists and patriots poster is here: http://hpang.glogster.com/loyalistspatriots/
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2009 No Comments »
I started this blog last year, but I did not get far with it, and other things took over my writing time. But as I look forward to the things I am going to do this summer, it seems to make sense to start writing here again.
Posted in Summer Core, Technology Integration, Uncategorized, faculty training on Jun 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Since I started out the week thinking about the humanware excerpt, it seemed logical to read the rest of the chapter tonight. I want to start out just recording some quotations that jumped out at me as significant for Castilleja. I have put the quotations in bold so that it is really clear what comes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Notes Wed. June 25
Summercore
Google Earth
Uses in class – tour of DC trip, extension with air quality overlay (Sarah), looking at a glacier in Chile.
New version includes street view – zoom right in to see the street.
Top – search
Bottom – layers, transparent overlays (changes all the time, they keep adding more)
Click on primary database to turn [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, ethics on Jun 25th, 2008 No Comments »
All of the copyright and privacy readings kept sending me back to thinking about how we model and teach values in the classroom. We joke about not being able to remember the Five Cs (Conscience, Courage, Charity, Courtesy, and Character — if you have trouble remembering, it helps to think of 3 that start with [...]
