Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Piano Stairs and Bedazzled Battleships

These ideas cover life in general, but what an important concept for educators -- The Fun Theory promotes changing and rewarding positive behavior through this new-fangled concept called "fun" ...

I also remembered this fantastic blog that I used to read almost as a daily devotional, but somehow lost it in the shuffle (maybe 5 blogs + Facebook is too much?).  It's not only fascinating history connected to today's world/student, but it's also full of that "fun" stuff to engage and reinforce learning, such as creatively coloring battleships? I did not know about the dazzle method of camouflage, but now thanks to History is Elementary I do...

Monday, April 12, 2010

Math Teacher Shadow Video

He's not the best actor, but this is still very cool!  A Math teacher has issues with his own shadow...

Oops, just noticed some of the other videos listed are NSFW!

Here's his Halloween video on YouTube, which is probably a safer site to visit.

What a great way to get students interested in using video/computer technology  to express understanding...