I added two new paintings to my painting gallery. Give it a look-see and see if you like ‘em. If not, its ok. Here is one of them:
I have a thing for sticky notes and frequently use them in my art and poems–well, I write poems on them. I write Haiku, so they [...]

Here is Maddy and Alex playing in Prior lake. Alex does the Nestea plunge–for those of you old enough to remember that commercial. This short movie was taken by Jer with his waterproof digital camera–so awesome–it’s sawsome! It is nice to remember the hot days of summer when the weather turns cold and here in [...]

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Do it now. The more eye candy the better! madZander Cooliris [...]

NUA Leadership Meeting 100808
Community Builder “4 Corners”- Share a time when one of the words from the learning equation became very clear to you - when it was clear you understood it from the NUA perspective.
L : (Understanding + Motivation) (Competence + Confidence)
Listen for the language -Video Text
How do we stretch?
How do we develop [...]

NUA Site Visit 100208
“Either you can have your learner’s attention or they can be making meaning, but never both at the same time.” –Eric Jensen
A.M. Cohort 5

Fast 10
Remove all the 10s and face cards from the deck. Everyone draws a card. Then using your number on the card you need to find [...]

NUA Notes - Intern Leadership Seminar 092608
“Working in isolation, no teacher can single handedly effect changes that are needed…what is needed is not simply peers who support one another but also peers who debate, critique, and challenge on another to go beyond their current ideas and practices.” Sonia Nieto
The NUA Summer Academy this year [...]

What’s your frame? What is your point of view? How does what we know and have experienced influence our new learnings and how we interact with our environment?
Our frames modify what we are hearing when interacting with someone and it is difficult to overcome our point of view.
“We don’t share meanings, we [...]

This post was hanging around as a draft–I thought it was about time to finish it.  Enjoy.
NUA Summer Academy 2008 Albany, New York
Structuring the Lesson with Denise Nessel
Thoughts about designing lesson like the one she taught last year — see Summer Academy 07 Notes.
Getting kids to be comfortable with “NOT” knowing the answer. We have [...]

According to the weather man today was supposed to be like yesterday–cold, rainy, and blustery, but to everyone’s delight it is sunny and wonderful! A slight breeze, maybe…but for October it is bliss! So, in honor of such a great day here is some sunny day fun from Orisinal by Ferry Halim:
Sunny Day [...]

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