Civilization IV: Testing the Waters- May 26, 2008 Video game-based learning is a topic I've written about a few times on this blog. The past couple years my students have played the video game Venture Africa--an effort on my part to teach them life science standards.Another game that I've considered having my students play is Civilization IV. I can't think of a better, more engaging way to teach the social studies standards for my state (or any state for that matter). A few things have been holding me back from using the game though: (1) I.http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2008/05/civilization-iv-testing-waters.html A Framework for 21st Century Instruction- May 21, 2008 The past few weeks have been extremely busy for me. I've had several projects that I've been working on for my classes and one HUGE project that I've been working on outside of school. This project has required a considerable amount of my time as I've been doing quite a bit of research and writing. The topic of the writing is teaching in the 21st Century. Through all of the work I've developed a framework for what I think are the most important elements of teaching in the present day. So...http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2008/05/framework-for-21st-century-instruction.html |