Monthly Archives: November 2011

Convention Week

November 21, 2011 at 10:19 pm

So this was a busy week for conventions.  Thursday and Friday was the Massachusetts Science Teachers Convention. I went to several  interesting talks on increasing literacy in the science classroom using lab notebooks.   Inquiry was also a major common theme.  However, there was little discussion of collaboration in the talks.  In the vendor aisles, there […]

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STEM Forum Talk in Melrose

November 16, 2011 at 10:18 pm

Tonight I served on a panel discussion along with Meredith (from the CEEO).  I wanted to mention several link from my presentation.  First, my presentation did not use Power Point, but used Prezi, which emphasizes connections between topics and the non-linear nature of discussions after a presentation. I discussed the Science Team and mentioned several […]

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