Reading Around the Planet with Taiwan

This evening I took a rare trip out of my office to St. Joseph High School to watch them connect to Kuo Kwang High School in Taiwan, yet another Read Around the Planet connection. St. Joseph High School is one of my newly independent schools. This year they are coordinating, testing and connecting all of [...]

RAP: Educators Make It Happen

Wow! I hope your Read Around the Planet connections are going as well as mine. Of course there are glitches along the way (bad cables, fog days, etc.), but overall the student exchanges are top notch quality learning experiences. This morning I was moved almost to tears listening to kindergarten students in Dowagiac, MI sing [...]

Math: Batter Up

This morning Ottawa Elementary is connecting to the Baseball Hall of Fame for their Math: Batter Up program. The program starts with a short video tour of the Baseball Hall of Fame. There’s lots of conversation right at the beginning to get the students thinking about baseball and how math is used in baseball. Next, [...]

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