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Comment by Ryan Goble on September 17, 2009 at 12:49pm
This article is a bit too complex for me to embed into a discussion forum - scaling these ideas down might give you ideas on how to get your kids out of the classroom doing authentic assessments!

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Comment by Ryan Goble on September 16, 2009 at 9:57am
Follow up on yesterday's Mr. Duey post - Mr. Duey is now in the MC POP mix! If you like his stuff or want to know more about this work send him a shout out via the Ning! Great to have you here Mr. D!
Comment by Ryan Goble on September 3, 2009 at 3:03pm
Hey folks,

If you haven't joined the fledgling "Gaming Group" you might want to check it out. Today there was an, I think, "essential," article about Quest To Learn - a new video game based school in NYC. Frank Baker hipped me to the article.

Note: It is from the British version of The Economist so you'll read about "maths" and other such linguistic curiosities :)

An excerpt...
Periods of maths, science, history and so on are no more. Quest to Learn’s school day will, rather, be divided into four 90-minute blocks devoted to the study of “domains”. Such domains include Codeworlds (a combination of mathematics and English), Being, Space and Place (English and social studies), The Way Things Work (maths and science) and Sports for the Mind (game design and digital literacy). Each domain concludes with a two-week examination called a “Boss Level”—a common phrase in video-game parlance.
In one of the units of Being, Space and Place, for example, pupils take on the role of an ancient Spartan who has to assess Athenian strengths and recommend a course of action. In doing so, they learn bits of history, geography and public policy. In a unit of The Way Things Work, they try to inhabit the minds of scientists devising a pathway for a beam of light to reach a target. This lesson touches on maths, optics—and, the organisers hope, creative thinking and teamwork. Another Way-Things-Work unit asks pupils to imagine they are pyramid-builders in ancient Egypt. This means learning about maths and engineering, and something about the country’s religion and geography.

Full post here - I would love to hear what folks think about this school concept.

BTW - For the record - I'm awful at video games - even Pac-Man.
Comment by Ryan Goble on August 16, 2009 at 12:33pm
Did folks see Marek Bennett's comment on the Comic Science discussion at the very bottom of the discussion thread? He put up a URL for his Jr. High Solar System Comics Unit (poor Pluto!).

It is very cool stuff with information for teachers interested in doing a comic science unit.

Check it out:

http://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/comic-science
Comment by Brandon Jones on August 3, 2009 at 1:03pm
Yes, they do! By burping and releasing excessive amounts of methane gas into the air, they actually contribute more to global warming than cars. Crazy, I know.
Comment by Ryan Goble on July 30, 2009 at 7:34am
Well, do cows contribute go global warming?
Comment by Brandon Jones on July 30, 2009 at 1:03am
I think Mythbusters is the only video I showed last year that close to all of my students actually paid attention to. The one on busting/prooving the myth of whether or not cows contribute to global warming was perfect for our unit on atmosphere and the environment.
Comment by Ryan Goble on July 3, 2009 at 9:54am
Did y'all catch two of Frank Baker's blogs re: science and "21st Century Skills"

and the PBS Music and the Mind special?

And remember, if you dig the resources you're finding here please do invite fellow science teachers to join the groups use this

button to bring more science friends into the MC Pop community.

Enjoy! Ry:)
Comment by Ryan Goble on July 2, 2009 at 10:54am
FYI the "How Comics Can Save Us" Posting today yielded mad discussion and additional resources in the GN & Comics group - you might check the discussion below their post for more science resources here.
Comment by Ryan Goble on June 17, 2009 at 2:29pm
See Frank Baker's blog post The Music Instinct: Science & Song on PBS sounds very teachable!

RRG:)
 

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