Who’s visiting
-
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Category Archives: COETAIL @YIS
Textbooks and the 21st Century Student
Over the last 20 to 30 years, textbook publishers have become averse to bold historical narratives for fear of being labeled as too liberal, too conservative, too patriotic, or too sexist….Instead they have become encyclopedias of historical names, places, and … Continue reading
Posted in COETAIL @YIS, Uncategorized
3 Comments
What are we afraid of?
I was privileged to be a leader at Learning2.0 this October in Beijing. I still need to write a post about the experience, because “amazing” might be an understatement. But one thing that I will always remember is the fear and energy … Continue reading
Putting money where my mouth is: Theory of Knowledge Edition
I have been a high school teacher for most of my teaching career. And I have taught DP History and DP Theory of Knowledge* for over 8 years. I have been that teacher who is worried about external exams and … Continue reading
Posted in COETAIL @YIS, IBO-MYP-DP, Uncategorized
Tagged coetail, DP, pbl, Theory of Knowledge, TOK
8 Comments
End-of-year Review
At the start of the school year, I wrote a post with New (School) Year’s resolutions. They promise me that the school year is ending this week, so it seemed like a good time to reflect on my year. Keep … Continue reading
Learning how to be citizens in a digital world.
I live my life very aware I’m an American living in a foreign culture. I have spent much of my life living in countries different than my own and trying to figure out how they work. Some aspects of living in Japan … Continue reading
Then and Now: Project Based Learning
Part two of a three part series (Click here for Part I): How I implemented Project-Based Learning in my first year of teaching with minimal tech and how I do it now in a 1:1 environment. This small little series … Continue reading
Posted in COETAIL @YIS, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, bie, Brownsville, pbl, project, project based learning
4 Comments
Then and now: Global Collaboration
Part one of a three part series: How I implemented Global Collaboration in my first year of teaching with minimal tech and how I do it now in a 1:1 environment. Setting the scene: Teaching was supposed to be a … Continue reading
Posted in COETAIL @YIS, Uncategorized
Tagged abby, Brownsville, flat classroom, global, global collaboration
3 Comments
A simple step #beyondlaptops
One the reasons being a teacher suits my personality is that every day I have to put aside theory/debate/abstract thought and just teach. There is no more procrastinating when the bell rings and there are dire consequences* if I am … Continue reading
Posted in COETAIL @YIS, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged #beyondlaptops, coetail, collaboration, edtech, sharing
10 Comments
You can’t stop the beat
There has been so much going on at YIS that I haven’t had a clue where to start blogging. Beyond Laptops conference? Digital Citizenship Week? Moving into the instructor role of COETAIL? * There have been so many sincere, intense … Continue reading
Creating Infographics: Making Numbers Sing
… Few people will appreciate the music if I just show them the notes. Most of us need to listen to the music to understand how beautiful it is. But often that’s how we present statistics; we just show the … Continue reading
Posted in COETAIL @YIS, Humanities, Uncategorized
Tagged coeta, course 3, data, development, hans rosling, humanities, infographics, myp humanities, statistics, visual literacy
9 Comments
