by Gerald Aungst | Aug 12, 2014 | Content and Methods, Math, Problem Solving
Districts across the United States are implementing the Common Core State Standards, and they are realigning curriculum for English Language Arts and Mathematics. Unfortunately, some of them are simply purchasing a shiny, new “Common Core Edition” of their...
by Gerald Aungst | Mar 19, 2014 | Content and Methods, Design
The reality of “student engagement” hit me square in the face yesterday as I sat in an ASCD presentation by Alison Zmuda and Robyn Jackson. In it, they shared their keys to engaging students in the classroom. During the session, I couldn’t help but compare...
by Gerald Aungst | Nov 13, 2012 | Content and Methods, Gifted, Interactive Fiction, Storytelling, Technology
This Saturday, I will be presenting a session on Digital Storytelling with Interactive Fiction at the NAGC Conference. I’ve written about Interactive Fiction before so I won’t go into an explanation of what it is here. IF has a great deal of...
by Gerald Aungst | Nov 29, 2010 | Content and Methods
This post was originally written for the ntcamp blog and is crossposted there. Jack Nicklaus was an exceptional master golfer. In his legendary career, he won a record 18 major tournaments, and had a total of 115 professional wins. Many writers have listed...
by Gerald Aungst | Jul 5, 2010 | Content and Methods, Design, Policy
Last week I wrote about how design principles should apply to curriculum. I’ve been thinking about one of those elements in particular: the idea of white space. This isn’t really a new concept, but I think it bears some examination. Curriculum today is...
by Gerald Aungst | Jun 29, 2010 | Content and Methods, Learning
While working on my model classroom presentation for this afternoon, I discovered a metaphor that helped me crystallize one of the things that makes learning today radically different than it was when I was in elementary school, and gave me...
