President: Patrick Flynn
Vice President: OPEN
Secretary: Michele Martinez
Treasurer: Megan Connery
Community Member at Large: Chris Kiely, Joan Skinner & Diane Hoelter
KQED MindShift- What Schools Can Learn from Summer Camps May 18, 2012When the pressure is off grades and performance, kids focus on learning for the sake of learning, not to show off what they know, writes Annie Murphy Paul in this interesting post about a study examining the lasting effects of summer camp. Continue reading → […]Annie Murphy Paul
- Flip This: Bloom’s Taxonomy Should Start with Creating May 17, 2012Chris Davis, Powerful Learning Practice LLC By Shelley Wright I think the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy is wrong. I know this statement sounds heretical in the realms of education, but I think this is something we should rethink, especially since it is so widely taught to pre-service teachers. I agree that the taxonomy accurately classifies various types of … Con […]MindShift
- Learning that Happens Online and Off, In and Out of School May 17, 2012By Kyle Palmer Field trips have always been a staple – some might say the best part of — school. But those trips are typically special occasions and happen only a few times a year, if budgets and schedules allow for them. At the Urban School, an independent high school in San Francisco, off-site learning … Continue reading → […]MindShift
- Why We Should Never Fear Failure May 16, 2012“Failure is a part of creating new and amazing new things. We can’t both fear failure and make amazing new things,” says inventor Regina Dugan in this inspiring TED Talk. Scientists and engineers defy the impossible and have pushed beyond expectations because they were given the freedom to fail, she says. How can this ideology … Continue reading → […]MindShift
- Teachers Transform Commercial Video Game for Class Use May 16, 2012Seeing its massive potential as a learning tool, 2 teachers -- one in Finland, one in the U.S. -- took it upon themselves to create a version for educators. Continue reading → […]Tina Barseghian
- What Schools Can Learn from Summer Camps May 18, 2012
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- PHS' 'Surgery Suite on Wheels' Can't Get Traction in East Palo Alto May 20, 2012The mobile spay/neuter clinic has been successful in many other Bay Area cities, but hasn't caught on in EPA. […]Scott Delucchi
- POLL: Should We Just Ban All Car Conversations? May 20, 2012A leading Bay Area newspaper columnist suggests we should go beyond present laws, and ban all vehicular cellular conversations. […]Dave Colby
- So Many Burritos, So Little Time May 20, 2012Where can you find a mouth-watering burrito on the San Francisco Peninsula? Patch has you covered! […]Jamie White
- Palo Alto Florist Voted Best on Peninsula May 19, 2012Avenue Florist on California Drive hand-picked by Patch readers as best place to buy fresh, beautiful bouquets. […]Jamie White
- Eastbound Off-Ramp to El Camino Real Closed After Big Rig Crash May 19, 2012The crash involved three vehicles, including at least one big-rig, according to the CHP. […]San Bruno Patch
- PHS' 'Surgery Suite on Wheels' Can't Get Traction in East Palo Alto May 20, 2012