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At 8:30am on December 18, 2010, Johnathan Chase said…: Looking for a meaningful media and extended-writing activity to focus grade 7-12 students the week before Christmas break? Check out...

It's a Wonderful Life

At 11:40am on August 9, 2010, Jane Krauss said…: These projects are amazing! I'm sharing them with others.

At 7:51pm on July 10, 2010, Krista Easton said…: Ah... just visited your page and loved the article about the tech savvy kids and shared it on my own blog. Also, I'm a fan of the "One Love" music video and Playing for Change. I love that you've integrated music in such a meaningful way with your history students...I'm definitely going to come back to spend more time checking out their work.

At 7:07am on July 10, 2010, Krista Easton said…: Hi Jon! I would love to check out the music integration and PBL program! Is there a group or discussion or list of links somewhere I can start checking out?

At 5:03am on July 10, 2010, Johnathan Chase said…: You can now find Learning From Lyrics on FB, Twitter and YouTube...

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71704526084

http://twitter.com/getwhatugive

http://www.youtube.com/user/getwhatugive

Have a great summer!

John

At 5:01am on July 10, 2010, Johnathan Chase said…: Check out 2010 middle school media projects... "Don't Stop Believin'" a 2000's tribute video.

At 11:43am on November 7, 2009, Meghan Connelly said…: That sounds like a really interesting idea! The kids must've loved it. I think that is totally doable. What grade do you teach?

At 6:56pm on November 5, 2009, Harrow Strickland said…: LOVE the 3-D projects!! Might have to borrow that one with my kiddos this January! Thanks SO much for sharing!!

At 11:36am on September 10, 2009, Bena Kallick said…: John,

Absolutely inspiring! May I share with others when I make presentations? I will attribute to you and your students. Bena

At 5:44am on August 13, 2009, Richard Opie said…: Dear Johnathan I like your idea of taking the school beyond the four walls. I would like to appeal to some students and former students, with low literacy levels and rather bleak prospects, to re-engage in education. I would be great if I could stimulate their hearts and minds.

At 5:32pm on June 29, 2009, Anne Mirtschin said…: What inspiring projects and units of work for students! Well done. I shall return again as you have got my thinking going on how I could adapt some of your ideas to my ICT classes.

At 8:05am on April 2, 2009, Tom Daccord said…: Jonathan, I think you'd be a great addition to the NCSS Community Network. Hope you'll join!

At 7:58am on March 22, 2009, Roland O'Daniel said…: BTW It also shows another valuable use of the Ning. It's not all about technology it's about the conversations. Would these conversations (this conversation in particular) have developed if we hadn't had this community to bring us together? I think not, because I would most likely not have found your 'blog' or community. This conversation is not about technology, or school 2.0, it's just about sharing and this community brings together people who are open to sharing and creating!!!! Go Ning!

At 7:55am on March 22, 2009, Roland O'Daniel said…: Don't worry about looking around for other ideas. I would say lets start a discussion that lets us discuss in front of everyone what our thoughts are, and create some connections. I'm not saying don't look for ideas, but what I think would be more fun for me is to share what I want to achieve in math and you share what you think about connections between music and math and we just share our thinking while working to see if we think it achieves those goals. From looking at the work that you have created with your students, I am interested in your insights. It may be that I'm overly researched these days (finishing my PhD), and I'm more interested in just having a conversation. I bet that our conversation may entice others to join. That's my thoughts. Have a good one!

At 7:11am on March 22, 2009, Roland O'Daniel said…: Two things I didn't say before, but do shape my thinking and after reading your myspace page I thought I'd share. My youngest daughter struggles with school but had a kindergarten teacher who taught her songs that she still sings to this day (she's a freshman) and that speaks to me about the power of music. Secondly, my oldest daughter (I have four) is a gifted musician and linguist and when she has teachers who understand that about her, she excels. When they don't she can be very average. Again it just makes sense to me!. I'm not musically inclined and don't really process information that way, but I'm open to figuring out how I can make it an option in math classes. Again, maybe we can collaborate some time.

At 6:54am on March 22, 2009, Roland O'Daniel said…: Jonathon, I really like the premise of your thinking (arts as a way of engaging and strengthening learning). It's very similar to the thinking we use in the organization that I work for. We take a very intentional approach to integrate arts into content area lessons to help students make complex and intricate connections to the material. It makes sense to me. Maybe we can collab on a project sometime.

I look forward to continuing this conversation.

At 6:40am on March 7, 2009, Marielle Palombo said…: This is fabulous stuff, Johnathan! Thanks very much for sharing it! I'll definitely pass it along to my graduate students and others...

At 9:11pm on February 19, 2009, Lisa Fink said…: Johnathan - If you are interested in writing for the site, let me know and I will provide you with our author guidelines and information. Happy Friday :)

At 11:39pm on February 8, 2009, Paige said…: Thanks for the great ideas...I added them to my blog and shared yours!
http://ponderingpaige.blogspot.com/