Progress Report on 2/11/2013

I'm inserting a PowerPoint I made of our progress as presented to the North Marion Faculty Senate on February 11, 2013.

Adolescent Brain Research....interesting.

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain #TED : http://on.ted.com/hK97

More Great Ideas from Edutopia

I found this article on the best ways to integrate technology into PBL teaching.  The first sentence also has a link to "How to Take Your PBL's Up a Notch."  It's a little exhausting to think about constantly improving our teaching skills, but we can tuck the information in the backs of our minds and let it simmer till we have time to deal with it, I think.  Enjoying my colleagues who are trying (in a variety of ways) to make school more engaging for kids.

If students can't travel the world, we'll bring the world to the students.

I am always amazed at what people will do for education. These guest speakers donated their time to speak to our students about their religions with no hesitations.
It is our hope that our students learn tolerance and have experiences with diversity to be able to recognize that discrimination has no place in this world.