by John McCarthy | Mar 13, 2014 | curiculum, PBL, Voice
This post is a companion to a Presentation (handout) at MACUL 2014 by @jmccarthyeds. You can find dialog from that session on Twitter at #OPATHS. How can we support constructivist learning in Common Core Environments? Last year at Ardis New Tech, they did an event...
by John McCarthy | Mar 3, 2014 | Global Skills, resources, strategies
During a PLN twitter #satchat[i] session on a Saturday morning, Charity Stephens[ii], a teacher, shared her use of Tagboard.com with her students. The students studied grammar—different elements of pronoun usage. When Charity introduced hashtags to support the work,...
by John McCarthy | Feb 10, 2014 | resources
At every workshop I facilitate, I share several resources that support teacher’s supporting student learning. Recently in Nashville, TN, I asked the teachers to share resources that they use in working with students. What follows is the list they generated. What...
by John McCarthy | Feb 2, 2014 | strategies, Writing
There comes a time after a lesson when the students are directed to write on a topic. An enlightened teacher will give students choices or let the learners choose their own topic. But often times, there are students, sometimes most, who can’t seem to put pen to...
by John McCarthy | Jan 28, 2014 | Concepts, Driving_Question, PBL, strategies
There are coffee tables across the world that–if they could talk–could tell stories about conversations among professionals. One possible scenario are the tables that shared the conversations of such influential thinkers as Lynn Erickson, Grant Wiggins,...
