Profiles of members
Invitation to anyone who spent time with Dr. Fischler: On this page we have posted statements about "How we came to support projects, presentations and portfolios". Send your statement to ManyPosters@gmail.com and we'll include it here.
I'm a high school teacher. I bumped into Roger Schank's blog when I typed "What should students study."
The "be you" blog makes a link between Schank's work and Littky and Elliot Washor. I visited their Provide, RI flagship school in 2005 and arranged for the translation into Spanish of some of their materials.
Big Picture Book ENGLISH SPANISH
I would like to know more about programs like Schank Academy and see if there are any courses or programs or projects that might be helpful for my high school students.
The purpose of TINYURL.com/CPPPSite is to promote the use of Projects and Portfolios to display those projects. TinyURL.com/FwpStart is my attempt to give students, parents and teachers access to the idea of free websites to show student work (the way students do in High Tech High in San Diego.)
I was introduced to HTH by the book by Tom Toch. I highly recommend their webste and YouTube channel. I saw the video with Bill Gates and Oprah and Larry Rosenstock's talk on Youtube.
I visited the webpage and found dozens of digital portfolios showing the best work of students. I found two that I particularly like and I show those DPs to my students
TinyURL.com/AbelSite and TinyURL.com/ExampleDP and TinyURL.com/BenStaleyDP
Those two students taught me about "how students can make websites" and I've shared their recommendations in TinyURL.com/ShowYourWork and TinyURL.com/SUNdp5, both free ebooks.
The Center for Projects, Presentations and Portfolios is a round-about way of introducing portfolios into schools. Many teachers like projects and presentations... but what happens to that science project or poster or speech? Why not make those products public?
Steve McCrea 954 646 8246
Projects SPEAKER'S Bureau
If you would like a Speaker from the "Project Speaker's Bureau" to visit your school or attend your next professional training session by Skype or Google Hangout...
Then click below... The following people spent time with Dr. Fischler and picked up some of his ideas about the personalization of schooling, projects, discussions and the use of computers to allow "the student to be the class."
Links to:
Richard Peritz: "Highlights from 30 Years of Recording Abe Fischler"
Ionel Coltea: "What Principals Can Learn from Dr. Fischler."
Steve McCrea: "Set up a Center for Projects" / "Digital Portfolios for Every Student who Wants One."
Omar Vasile: "How to monitor projects in Middle School"
Jeff Hutt: "What Happened When I Didn't Follow Dr. Fischler's Advice."
Enrique Gonzalez: Personal History Workbook and "teaching history backwards" / "Personalization of Your School"
I met Dr Fischler in 2015 after reading his ebook . I spent more than three hours with him over seven meetings, seeking his advice about how to better organize my school. I found his statements to be helpful. He had great concern for students and I highly recommend his ebook as a place to start with developing flexibility in students and teachers.
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