Henry Brown's Blog – November 2011 Archive (4)

Do virtual worlds give students a better learning experience

than real world experiences?

 Having spent this time researching Virtual Reality I have decided that there needs to be a proper mix between using VR in the classroom and using traditional instruction.  I do not think students can learn everything they need to learn from VR, but I think it is a great learning tool.  If a teacher can find good VR content for their classroom, then the teacher should plan to use…

Before studying social networking, I knew what it was, but I did not have an account and I had not given a whole lot of thought to using it with students.  I had considered having high school students use this tool to discuss teen suicide, but I had not had the opportunity to actually try the lesson. Even though I still have not actually used the lesson plan with

students, I have a good feeling about trying this format with 5^thgrade students to discuss bullying. Bullying is…

     The first on NEA's 6 key elements is a Preamble.  The Preamble should include a section explaining why, its goals, and the process about developing the policy.  D11's preamble includes an explanation and a reason why, but it does not say anything about the process of how the agreement was developed.

     The next NEA requirement is a definition section.  This should include an explanation of key terms and explain the educational purpose.  The D11 AUP does not discuss any key…

Blogging about Bloom and Marzano

In this post I will discuss, ‘How will your knowledge about Bloom's taxonomy and Marzano's research affect your lesson planning? How could you improve or change them to be more effective?  How could you share your new information with your colleagues to possibly enhance their teaching practice? What is the most important information you would want to…