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I’ve Got Those Chains on Me

19, May 2010

I had a couple of requests from students today to post Isaac’s video about the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. I’m really glad that so many of you enjoyed the video. It was a lot of work, but Isaac did a great job and I’m really happy with how the project turned out. Here, [...]

Video Content We’ve Been Watching

29, Mar 2010

Over the past couple of weeks, we have viewed several video programs and clips which connect with the content we’re studying. In this post, I’m embedding several of the videos we’ve seen. Please understand that I – as a teacher – and DreamExtreme – as a class – are not fully endorsing these videos. They [...]

Dance Off: Cha-Cha Slide

23, Feb 2010

We have been officially challenged by Mr. Franklin’s 5th grade class at Lone Pine Elementary. Never ones to back down from a worthy opponent, the DreamExtreme crew needs to get our groove properly aligned. We’ll get together with Mr. Franklin’s class via Skype sometime in the next few weeks. Lone Pine has chosen the Cha-Cha [...]

Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration

16, Feb 2010

This week, we’re looking at how special effects in movies are created. Here is the video we watched in class this morning.

Remix/Mash-Up Culture

7, Feb 2010

This morning, I watched a fascinating video on YouTube. It came to me in the form of a tweet from fellow educator Joyce Valenza. The video draws inspiration from a Ted.com talk by Larry Lessig about the nature of creativity and copyright law and looks at the way our culture uses mash-ups and remixing to [...]

Jacksonville: We Went, We Saw, We Almost Got Lost.

14, Oct 2009

We had a great field trip to historic Jacksonville on Friday with Mrs. Pickett’s 5th grade class. One of our major focuses this year is using primary source documents in project-based study. Jacksonville is a natural destination in our region when looking for primary sources. We started the morning at the Jacksonville Children’s Museum, formerly [...]

Wrestling With Math: Approaches To Problem Solving (video)

1, Oct 2009

There are many ways to solve a problem. As great as the solution can be, however, it’s the process where the learning really happens. In our Investigations math series, we talk a lot about using different creative strategies to approach a problem. We compare math solving strategies to a physical toolbox. As great as a [...]

New Video: DreamExtreme Goals

29, Sep 2009

Our school Open House and Barbecue is this week. It’s a great opportunity to expand our classroom to the entire family, bringing what we do during the day directly to parents. It’s also a wonderful chance to focus on where we’re going the rest of the year. We wanted something to share with families that [...]


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