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Kids Video-Conferencing and More: Two Days and 12 Public Speaking Engagements, Day 2.

February 20, 2012 by Gwyn Ridenhour 6 Comments

Hey! Welcome back for the report on Day 2 of the two-day public speaking frenzy for Ian and Eva. Day one was all about sharing passions in 15 minute presentations. During day two, Eva explored more in depth sharing. Let’s jump to it, shall we? Friday: Video-Conference with Sweetwater Elementary in Devils Lake, ND Thanks to the… [Read More]

Filed Under: English, Homeschool 101, Hybrid Education, Leadership/Public Speaking, Project-Based Learning, Technology in School Tagged With: education, elementary school, video-conferencing, Young author

Two Days and 12 Public Speaking Engagements (and I Wasn’t the Speaker). Day 1.

February 17, 2012 by Gwyn Ridenhour Leave a Comment

Over the last two days, Eva and Ian have been quite busy talking to students about following their passions. It’s been a wonderful experience, sharing dreams, meeting people, and honing public speaking skills. In this post, I’m going to report on Day 1. But the two days were so different from each other; I hope… [Read More]

Filed Under: English, Homeschool 101, Hybrid Education, Leadership/Public Speaking, Music, Project-Based Learning Tagged With: career day, education, elementary school, kids, Leadership/Public Speaking

Taming the Tedium of Testing, Part 3 of 3: Ideas for a New Educational System

February 1, 2012 by Gwyn Ridenhour 6 Comments

Ideas for a New Educational System Welcome to the last part of this trilogy, in which I will share my dreams about what our schools could be. These are ideas I’ve been chewing on for years, and many of them are already being done successfully in other places. For the first time since the beginning… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education Reinvented, Hybrid Education, test Tagged With: No Child Left Behind, standardized testing

Taming the Tedium of Testing, Part 2 of 3: Leaving No Child Left Behind… Behind

January 31, 2012 by Gwyn Ridenhour 2 Comments

Leaving No Child Left Behind… Behind Now is a wonderful time to be thinking about changing our educational paradigm, and President Obama agrees. His administration has recently allowed states to opt-out of No Child Left Behind requirements. This new potential freedom is exhilarating, but terrifying too. After all, one’s current reality even if it’s bad… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education Reinvented, Hybrid Education, test Tagged With: No Child Left Behind, standardized testing

Taming the Tedium of Testing, Part 1 of 3: Resources to Explore Progressive Educational Options

January 29, 2012 by Gwyn Ridenhour 2 Comments

I have a friend in Kentucky, one Renee Boss, who works for the Department of Education and thinks a lot about education reform. She is deeply concerned about the amount of time spent preparing students to pass their standardized tests. She grapples with the issue from both the perspective of a professional educator and as… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education Reinvented, Hybrid Education Tagged With: No Child Left Behind, standardized testing

Practice Doesn’t Always Make Perfect

January 27, 2012 by Gwyn Ridenhour 4 Comments

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how our immediate access to information is reducing our need to memorize. Writing a history paper and can’t remember what specific date you’re referencing? A two second Google search will give you what you need. And it’s not a bad thing either. Though there is something impressive… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education Reinvented, Homeschool 101, Hybrid Education, Project-Based Learning Tagged With: Element Song, memorization, Tom Lehrer, worksheets

Kids Teaching Kids

January 4, 2012 by Gwyn Ridenhour 8 Comments

One of the greatest gifts I can give my kids is the assurance that adults don’t know it all – we’re not experts at everything, and we don’t necessarily know more than kids do, except for those instances that simply require extended life experience. Whether I like it or not, I offer this lesson repeatedly… [Read More]

Filed Under: English, Homeschool 101, Hybrid Education, Leadership/Public Speaking, Project-Based Learning Tagged With: Animal Attack, elementary schools, kids, Leadership/Public Speaking, Young author, young game inventor

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