Today we had several classes participating in our Turkey Trade programs. The video conference portion focuses on students identifying similarities and differences. My hope is that we can use this face-to-face time to get students using accurate, descriptive language with their peers. Here are some of the observations that I heard today. The feathers are [...]

This fall we have had quite a lineup of careers that students could learn about. Last week, we had Walter Abercrombie in the studio with us. It was a popular program and the students were quite excited to talk with a professional football player. The five classes had great questions prepared for Mr. Abercrombie. I [...]

I love Landmark Challenge because it takes what I believe to be effective learning principles and puts them in action. The power of video conferencing is in the engagement and interaction of the students and this project has a great deal of learning before the video conference connection and then application/review of that learning during [...]

Last spring, I tried out Audible.com and got an audio version of Nurture Shock by Po Bronson andAshley Merryman. The central premise of this book by Bronson and Merryman, a Washington Post journalist, is that many of modern society’s most popular strategies for raising children are in fact backfiring because key points in the science [...]

We are excited to kick off our Landmark Challenge for 2nd Grade. This program is specifically designed for second graders. There will be three classes in each connection with the students actively engaged during the entire connection. Some teachers get very creative in creating backdrops and such for their classes. This is not required. The [...]