CFF Communities

Let's use this place to comment on changes we made based on Seeds, or thoughts we have about the entire Project-Based Learning pedagogy.

There seemed to be a lot of interest in the classrooms without desks idea, and how it could translate to the middle school level. I wanted to address this briefly. We don't have any middle school classrooms in Santee without desks. However, we have seen some teachers make environment modifications that support student learning in similar ways ...

Bruce,  Do you want me to work with our Seeds-trained teachers to get them on this forum, or are we holding off for the MOU completion? Laura

Some of you asked for links for digital storytelling. Gillian is the pioneer in our district for digital storytelling. Her class website is: http://www.santeesd.net/14442095103641373/site/default.asp Robin Larson, who presented about her classroom without desks, also has a great website with blogs: ...

Bruce,  It would seem to me that there is a potential for a partnership here. The USS Midway should be able to get usage rights for any/all materials about themselves, especially since it is for educational use. Hmm.... it would not only benefit students learning about the USS Midway, but it would show teachers and district personnel the ...

Curriculum Development - Tech4Learning Creativity software suite, Wikis, Google Docs & Apps for jr high collaboration, GarageBand, ComicLifeClassroom Management - IDMS for data analysis Professional Development - using SMART software to make tutorial videos to support the curriculum development, SchoolWires blogs, Partnership for 21st Century ...

The below websites are all good examples of ways to engage students beyond the actual Midway tour. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ - Notice on the bottom right there is an Educator's resource area. When you click on Classroom Resources, there are some great ways for teachers to expand classroom learning. But also, on that Classroom ...

Hi all, My name is Laura, and I am the Coordinator of Instructional Technology with the Santee School District. I have a few different hats I wear fo the district. My primary focus is on creating, promoting, and sustaining a technology initiative that models 21st Century skills and ISTE's tech standards. I do this through a lot of ...

Bruce, There's a few things I hope to bring to the district this year: 1.  I heard a presentation called, "Research without Copying." It used the Big 6 technique to show teachers how to change their research assignments to foster higher level thinking while also eliminating the copy/paste technique used by students. The basic ...

Bruce and all, I had the pleasure of attending NECC, and also a couple events prior to the start of NECC. One such event was the Constructivist Consortium, which was sponsored by software vendors who truly value student creativity over just drill-type work. Here are some of the notes I took from Gary Stager, PhD, who was the morning ...