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WISE Teacher's Web Log: November 2013
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Sunday, November 17, 2013. WISE Workshop for NAIS Board on Teaching Innovation. Our afternoon workshop covered a broad range of topics, from a beginning discussion to frame innovation, creativity, discovery, and exploration in the context of education, to illuminate uniquely 21st century skills and educational challenges, to a hands-on workshop that embodied the most effective practices in fostering innovation developed over the last thirty years at the world's leading technical universities. This is the...
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WISE Teacher's Web Log: January 2008
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008. Flagging Economy Needs Science Investments. A very topical Op-Ed piece from Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle. By Intel Chairman Craig Barrett. I liked it so much I include it in its entirety here. Flagging Economy Needs Science Investments. Sunday, January 20, 2008. So much for political will. But our kids who are heading to college are very smart. They will make their career decisions based on where they see the priorities of our government and economy. Build your own ROV.
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WISE Teacher's Web Log: WISE Workshop for NAIS Board on Teaching Innovation
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Sunday, November 17, 2013. WISE Workshop for NAIS Board on Teaching Innovation. Our afternoon workshop covered a broad range of topics, from a beginning discussion to frame innovation, creativity, discovery, and exploration in the context of education, to illuminate uniquely 21st century skills and educational challenges, to a hands-on workshop that embodied the most effective practices in fostering innovation developed over the last thirty years at the world's leading technical universities. This is the...
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WISE Teacher's Web Log: November 2007
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Monday, November 26, 2007. Join the Biological Engineering Revolution. Many people familiar with the sorts of programs we promote at WISE have asked me (a Physicist) "Hey, all that robotics and physics stuff is pretty cool, but what can you help us biologists with? Here are links to a Boston Globe article. And a Technology Review Article. On the 2007 iGEM meeting. And a short intro to the iGEM program here. Here are a couple of examples from past year's competitions, from ultra-sensitive arsenic detector...
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WISE Teacher's Web Log: September 2007
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007. How Can WISE Help a Teacher. With strong support from dedicated teachers, WISE is building an environment where students can explore subjects on their own free time to whatever depths their motivations might drive them. Opportunities abound for students to use what they learn in the formal classes and labs, and motivate what future lessons might hold for them. Student Inspiration and Motivation. Broader Teaching Support and Networking Opportunities. Westminster has a histor...
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WISE Teacher's Web Log: October 2007
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Monday, October 15, 2007. It's Okay If You Don't Know the Aswer. A Monograph on WISE Philosophy. In fact, I would go even farther to say that life in general is better and more interesting when you don’t already know all the answers, because that means there is some puzzle, or conundrum, or problem at hand which offers an opportunity for creativity and exploration. Here, I offer an extension of that same idea. Instead of grading people on whether or not they know something, we emphasize how well students...
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WISE Teacher's Web Log: December 2011
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011. New Program Offerings Draft. Based on our recent work with all of you great WISE schools, we are embarking upon a redesign of our web site which better articulates simple ways in which WISE can work with schools to enrich and extend their STEM programs. So here's a first draft of how we're thinking about a better productization and packaging of the services and support we offer. Please send us your feedback and suggestions via the comments submission form below! Speaking eng...
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WISE Teacher's Web Log: New Program Offerings Draft
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011. New Program Offerings Draft. Based on our recent work with all of you great WISE schools, we are embarking upon a redesign of our web site which better articulates simple ways in which WISE can work with schools to enrich and extend their STEM programs. So here's a first draft of how we're thinking about a better productization and packaging of the services and support we offer. Please send us your feedback and suggestions via the comments submission form below! Speaking eng...
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WISE Teacher's Web Log: Upcoming WISE Conference Recommendations
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Upcoming WISE Conference Recommendations. There are a couple of great science, technology, and math education conferences coming up this month and next that I want to be sure you are all aware of, the February 27-30 NCSSSMST conference in Dallas and the March 27-30 NSTA conference in Boston . NCSSSMST 2008 Professional Conference. February 27-30, Dallas, TX. Check out the NCSSSMST 2008 Professional Conference schedule. And the final session program. February 28-30, Boston, MA.
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WISE Teacher's Web Log: May 2008
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Friday, May 9, 2008. Making Chickensaurus Skeletons from Wired. Here's a great activity for budding paleontologists from the Wired Wiki. Have your students reconstruct chicken skeletons.or diversify and give them many different animals to puzzle out. On the more creative rather than investigative side, have your adventuresome students combine bones from several species to make fantastic new "scientific mistakes.". Check out the wired article for details, but prep and execution are pretty simple. Add WISE...