At the 2007 EuroLogo Conference in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, UC Berkeley Computer Science faculty member, Dr. Brian Harvey made a stunning presentation entitled, "How Not to Use Computers to Teach Kids."
Anyone interested in the use of computers in education should watch this meticulous chronicle of a typical classroom "project," complete with missteps, trivial computer use and questionable teaching.
Brian is no opponent of computer-use in school.…
At the 2007 EuroLogo Conference in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, UC Berkeley Computer Science faculty member, Dr. Brian Harvey made a stunning presentation entitled, "How Not to Use Computers to Teach Kids."
Anyone interested in the use of computers in education should watch this meticulous chronicle of a typical classroom "project," complete with missteps, trivial computer use and questionable teaching.
Brian is no opponent of computer-use in school.…
Deborah Meier shares this very special documentary from 1993 detailing the process by which Central Park East Secondary School students earned their high school diploma through project-based inquiry and personal portfolios demonstrating habits of mind.
Deborah Meier has generously shared this 1980 documentary about Central Park East Elementary School and the innovative practices that gave birth to the small school movement and countless progressive education reforms.
Constructing Modern Knowledge 2010 guest speaker, Alfie Kohn, also spoke at our summer institute in 2008.
In this clip, he addresses how children construct intellectual theories and "learning from the inside out."
Constructing Modern Knowledge 2010 is July 12-15, 2010 in Manchester, NH.
There is still time to register at:
http://constructingmodernknowledge.com
A video documenting the 2009 Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute in Manchester, NH - July 13-16, 2009, by Karen Gerstner, Mary Del Biano and Maryann Molishus.
For more information, visit http://constructingmodernknowledge.com
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