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Category Archives: Ed Practice

Flipped Classroom …. blah, blah, blah

The snow is falling making it unwise for me to leave the house. Hence, it is a good time to generate a blog post. The online education community I follow seems enamored of the “flipped classroom”. Of course and when I am unable to edit my own skepticism, they seem enamored of anything shiny and [...]

Posted 10 February 2013 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Sometimes I cannot generate a counter argument

I just read a disturbing post from the Diane Ravitch blog and it seems that Ravitch has a similar reaction to my own. It seemed she did not support the position taken, but found it difficult to argue a different position. The short version – Ravitch provides a post authored by a public school classroom [...]

Posted 22 January 2013 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) °

Videos are what students want and not what they need

Online video, free or paid, seems to be where online education is headed. Increased bandwidth has moved us beyond the printed word (with some images) and we seem convinced that this is an improvement. I must admit that we (Cindy and I) have come to a similar conclusion and are creating more video demonstrations for [...]

Posted 24 November 2012 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Energizing the base vs. influencing the uncommitted

We are presently in the final stages of the election season and some of the concepts used to describe political strategies seem helpful in understand other estimates to influence decision makers. I read a lot of books intended to influence educators and educational practice. My Audible and Kindle accounts now show in excess of 150 [...]

Posted 14 October 2012 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) °

How I integrate online resources

It is nearly time for the holiday break, but this means it is also the time to prepare for next semester (at least for those of us who work in higher education). Some students have already asked to see my syllabus for next semester in order to make the decision of whether to take the [...]

Posted 20 December 2011 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) °

Location, location, location

When we write about potential projects for the classroom, we typically like to use local examples from teachers we know. It seems a good strategy to assure practicality. Sometimes we have something in mind and simply cannot find an example. When this is the case we like to experiment with the tools and techniques ourselves. [...]

Posted 06 March 2011 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Lead, keep up, or acknowledge

Cindy retired from the school district last year and now works on consulting projects and with the university. One of her activities at the University involves teaching a section of the “Technology for Teachers” class. For whatever reason, yesterday, she decided to send a letter to her colleagues who teach the same course about the [...]

Posted 13 January 2011 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: