Monthly Archives: March 2011
New Look, New Blog
| March 31, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Technology |
Welcome to the new-and-improved blog (previously Mastering Chemistry). As I’ve gotten more and more involved with the technology, almost by default, I became more and more spread out across the internet on different servers and host sites. After talking with Jeff Utecht at the EARCOS Teacher’s Conference, he strongly encouraged me to set up my… more
Evidence of Learning – A Case Study
| March 29, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Observations |
As a teacher, students constantly want the easy answer…we’ve all experienced this. It is difficult to go day after day and hear complaints and whining about class being hard. But, I find it encouraging (and actually a point of pride) that my class is hard. more
An Argument for the Presence of a Teacher
| March 28, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Observations, Technology |
I came across a very interesting post this morning from Dr. Lee Skallerup Bessette at College Ready Writing entitled “What Ed Tech Can’t Do.” She compared Fahrenheit 451 to the influence technology is having in the classroom and in education in general. The part that struck me was about how “the [technology] movement in education as… more
Changes That Are Coming
| March 26, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Observations |
After having most of this afternoon to mentally decompress from everything that happened this weekend at ETC11 and after a 2-hour advice session from Jeff Utecht, I’m going to begin moving my materials from my website to a new website (to be announced) over the coming days and weeks. This has been such an encouraging… more
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