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Chris Fox commented on the post, Oh, for Cryin’ Outloud!, on the site Under Construction 3 weeks, 4 days ago
There are many grey lines in education. The 10% photocopy rule from printed material. Purchasing a copy of video and burning for “educational purposes” because your distract can’t get or afford more. The list […]
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Chris Fox commented on the post, Knock knock…, on the site Mrs Simon says… 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Interesting thoughts about privacy – and yes, so much is no longer private. The digital footprint we are all creating keeps getting bigger and bigger. And the crazy part is, we are adults trying manage this.
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Chris Fox commented on the post, And still more success …, on the site Taking the Plunge (into tech ed) 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Peter – great discussion and BrainPop and flipping the classroom. It’s great to see you continuing to work on modifying what you we did in the past and adjusting to our 1:1 environment. I know many of use would […]
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Chris Fox commented on the post, DIGI FOOTAGE AND ME, on the site Empowering Future 1 month ago
Very interesting Simrun. I enjoyed the recap of your educational journey, especially comments about visuals. I to have come to realize that using Creative Commons is not only important for teachers to accurately […]
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Chris Fox commented on the post, What Facebook and Google are Hiding – My Thoughts, on the site Mr. Rock Hudson 1 month ago
Nice Rock. This is very real! And Scary. I think we are moving at about 10 KMs per hour, while the gurus at Facebook and Google and flying at warp speed. They are so far ahead of us… and keeping track of […]
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Chris Fox commented on the post, Digital Story – Database Tutorial, on the site The Nomadic Librarian 1 month ago
Great screen cast! I’ve all great intentions of using more screen casting to explain instructions and examples. However, I just haven’t followed through. It seems quite simple and I have done it before, but I […]
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Chris Fox commented on the post, What the **** is going on?, on the site Chemgoody 1 month ago
Yes, this an interesting and insightful reflection. I’ve been in the business since ’92 and have met so many teachers. And yes, some people are private and hoard their ideas and work. These – I wonder why they […]
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Chris Fox commented on the post, Technology Standards, on the site Walking Through Information Technology 1 month ago
Great job Nancy. This has been a long time coming. So many curriculums have been revamped at TAS, this is perfect timing. I’m sure with excitement comes a lot of work. Is there a timeline to get the standards […]
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Chris Fox wrote a new blog post: Throwing It Out There 7 months, 3 weeks ago
The two of us – Chris Fox and Kristin Rowe , Team History in Grade 8 with “Ancient Civilizations” – have enjoyed the early days of our new course. We have had lots of space to dream, and we’ve been throwing around big ideas and grand visions regarding Flipped Classrooms, reverse instruction, the Mastery Learning approach, vodcasting and [...] -
Chris Fox wrote a new blog post: Policing Laptops 7 months, 3 weeks ago
After watching a series of videos produced by the Irving Independent School Dependent on managing laptops effectively in the classroom that Jeff Utecht , our COETAILinstructor suggested, I realized that at Taipei American School , we are doing a lot right. The following is a list of suggested a noted as the teachers from this district spoke…[Read more] -
Chris Fox wrote a new blog post: Motivated by Pink 7 months, 4 weeks ago
“Daniel Pink’s presentation on DRIVE entitled “The Surprising Truth about what Motivates Us” starts with two basic motivaters – food and money. As he plows forward, he gets into the third level which included some of the the following words that really motivate us: interest, curiosity, higher learning, thinking. Basically, once humans get past…[Read more] -
Chris Fox wrote a new blog post: Flippin’ Out 8 months ago
A bit like the movie Old School , when people become disillusioned with their lives, some teachers have become disenthralled with teaching in traditional conservative ways. As I read more about this new and revolutionary method, it is all too apparent that this wouldn’t be possible without computers, internet, and all the other support soft and…[Read more] -
Chris Fox wrote a new blog post: Ensuring Tech Integration 8 months, 1 week ago
At this point in my career, I’m more concerned with Social Studies Standards and Benchmarks than anything else. Also embedded in our teaching are our ESLR’s ( Expected School-wide Learning Results ) and most recently weaving Character Education. Ironically, integrating technology into the curriculum happened much earlier than the last two. …[Read more] -
Chris Fox wrote a new blog post: Nothin’ but NETS 8 months, 2 weeks ago
As a basketball fan, I love this line. But as an educator, not so much. Why? Are the NETS useful? Clear? Appropriate. Initially, I bulk at the idea. Are you kidding me? More Standard and Benchmarks? But, as Jeff Utecht our COETAIL Instructor pointed out, we are already doing so many of these anyway. So, as [...]
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Chris Fox commented on the blog post Term Project 1 year, 1 month ago
Oh, looks oh so familiar. However, my daughter is one of the lucky freshmen this year is taking Physics and I also suffered… endured… uh, I mean enjoyed a lovely Sunday of 10 hours of Rube Goldburg. I believe these girls are juniors in the video with two more years of HS under their belt. [...]
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Chris Fox commented on the blog post Video Book Trailers 1 year, 1 month ago
Nice Barb – really enjoyed the way students were empowered to reflect and share that reflection in a way that is “part of their world” – with technology. As we move forward, students may be able to see a “trailer” of all the books they want to read in the library instead of skimming a [...]
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Chris Fox wrote a new blog post: A Three Ring Circus 1 year, 1 month ago
Teaching government concepts to eighth graders can be trying enough, but getting students in Taiwan to care about the workings the United States’ government is an uphill battle. However, using visuals to help kids “see” what it looks like makes life easier. For this unit, I worked with Erik Johnsen and Kristin Rowe (two fellow eighth grade [...] -
Chris Fox commented on the blog post Teaching Visual Literacy 1 year, 1 month ago
Great clip Michael – love the music as it automatically gets your on board with how great carbon dioxide it. I guess with wonderful, cute, beautiful, peaceful images also make one feel all nice, warm and fuzzy inside. In the end though, we must teach kids to look past the fluff, bells and whistles and [...]
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Chris Fox commented on the blog post Poetreats 1 year, 1 month ago
Nice post Kathy – we also have a good poetry unit in grade 8. I love for us to bounces ideas off each other and continue to look at our spiraling curriculum. In our unit, we changed it a lot this year. We added a Camstudio element in which students analyze a poem and record [...]
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Chris Fox wrote a new blog post: Introducing a New Unit? 1 year, 1 month ago
Hooks… Leads… Grabbers… Intros… These are terms used often in writing. Also, thinking back many years, I remember my student teaching supervisor looking critically at my ” set induction ” for each lesson plan. As time has passed, teachers are constantly analyzing “how students introduce” a speech, essay, or multi-media presentation.…[Read more] - Load More