Monthly Archives: November 2008
Thoughts on the book “The Art of Changing the Brain”
Book cover As Educators, Can We Change the Brain? I have been taking a wonderful neuropsychology course this semester. I have long thought that knowledge of neuropsychology was important when planning and delivering instruction. Based on what I am learning this semester, my suspicions have been confirmed. I recently read a book titled “The Art [...]
Technology Education and Problem Solving
I have been thinking a lot about how to teach my Technology Education students how to problem solve; this is really important when you are trying to teach your students in situated learning? When they leave my classroom and return to their offices, they will undoubtedly have problems implementing their new skills nearly right away. [...]
Natalie Clein can really play the cello
Last night, Ray and I went to a Utah Symphony concert that featured Natalie Clein playing the Elgar Sospiri Cello concerto. My cello teacher had said I would love it, and oh boy! It was absolutely amazing… Natalie Clein is a very talented cello player from the UK. She is so good, in fact, that [...]
Do your students really know their learning goals in technology education?
Goals are being met I have been asking my students to fill in a little survey at the end of class. Questions on this survey include how the class was able to meet their goals. Here is my process: When asking my students to introduce themselves at the beginning of class, I write down their [...]
Cello Lessons, again
I couldn’t stand it… homework was taking so much time and I have been going crazy busy with no time for me. So I pulled out my cello a couple of weeks ago and absolutely hacked at playing it. You see, I started playing about 4 years ago, and I never got very good. Then [...]
Evaluating Technology Education Course Design
I have spent a lot of time talking with you about updating your technology education to improve learning for very complex topics. This week’s post is about evaluating already existing curriculum. An assignment for my 1 credit hour course that accompanies me teaching a for-credit course involved getting midterm evaluations from students and then assessment [...]
