I have spent the last 8 years collaborating with countless teachers and students on a museum-integrated approach to learning. It doesn’t take a complete overhaul of your curriculum or your school design to extend learning using museum education strategies. Start with collections Most museums are collecting institutions. Their mission is to collect, preserve, and … Continue reading Museum Monday: Quick Tips for Using Museum Resources for Teaching-#BLOG365 Day 154 #sschat
Month: February 2017
What is Improvement? -#BLOG365 Day 153 #IMMOOC #ascdl2l
Yesterday I participated in a webinar through ASCD hosted by Steve Gruenert. School Culture Recharged: Strategies to Energize Your Staff and Culture focused on the book by the same title and presented strategies for making school culture an ally. One question from the webinar keeps nagging at my brain: how does your school define the concept of "improvement?" … Continue reading What is Improvement? -#BLOG365 Day 153 #IMMOOC #ascdl2l
Museum Monday: President’s Day Edition – #BLOG365 Day 152
In honor of President's Day weekend I figured I would share a funky object I saw last year at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum. A riding machine. Coolidge loved horseback riding and had this installed in the White House. It had two variable gaits "trot" and "gallop." Probably not the kind of exercise … Continue reading Museum Monday: President’s Day Edition – #BLOG365 Day 152
Man in the Arena-#BLOG365 Day 151
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who … Continue reading Man in the Arena-#BLOG365 Day 151
Museum Wednesday…What?-#BLOG Day 150 #museum101
Yes, it is not Monday. And, yes, I am posting about museums. #obsessed In October I shared a creepy doll from the Smithsonian in a Museum Monday post. Today I saw this from #museum101. Museums around the world were challenged to post some of their creepiest objects. I loved watching this unfold and I especially … Continue reading Museum Wednesday…What?-#BLOG Day 150 #museum101
Thrashing Blindly or Reaching-#BLOG365 Day 149
I have been reading The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. by Daniel Coyle. One quote that has stuck out for me is: The trick is to choose a goal just beyond your present abilities; to target the struggle. Thrashing blindly doesn’t help. Reaching does. Targeting the struggle. Reaching. There are … Continue reading Thrashing Blindly or Reaching-#BLOG365 Day 149
Museum Monday- Writing Museum Labels in the Classroom #BLOG365 Day 148 #sschat
One of the most fascinating discussions I ever had about museum labels was at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. A few years ago I was lucky enough to take a group of educators to DC for a week of learning in museums. We had the chance to meet with interpretative staff to learn … Continue reading Museum Monday- Writing Museum Labels in the Classroom #BLOG365 Day 148 #sschat
Florida Winter-#BLOG365 Day 147
Today I ignored the housework and the to-do list. I woke up late. Sipped coffee. Caught up with everything waiting for me on my DVR. I read a novel. The first time I have read a book that wasn't an education related book in months. Then I went into town to walk around the Maclay … Continue reading Florida Winter-#BLOG365 Day 147
Variability Matters -#BLOG365 Day 146
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WClnVjCEVM I heard about this TED-Ed Talk at EdCamp Orange a few weeks ago and was finally able to watch it yesterday. Todd Rose makes the case for differentiation in a simple, yet profound discussion about the variability of learning and the beauty that can be found in diversity.
Museum Monday: Object-Based Engagement #BLOG365 Day 145 #sschat
Tonight I had a flashback to my social studies teaching days, to the nights when I sat up in bed searching for the perfect object to hook my students for the next day's lesson. Before I got the hang of it, it took me a lot of hunting online to find an object that would … Continue reading Museum Monday: Object-Based Engagement #BLOG365 Day 145 #sschat
Jill Cross 