We combine and reproduce them here as an excellent demonstration of the power of inquiry-based learning that is both challenging and highly engaging. This time it's history. In an e-mail letter to MiddleWeb, middle grades technology teacher Dan Queior writes about the struggle for credibility among technology educators. Most people think this area is just about computers when, in fact, it is about helping kids learn how to use math, science, and other content to figure out how humans create the tools and products we use. Science is the study of the natural world.
Technology is the study of the human-made world.
Kenneth S. Trump, President and CEO of National School Safety and Security Services in Cleveland, Ohio, recently held a dialogue with education reporters on a private listserve supported by the national Education Writers Association. Comments of particular interest to educators and parents are excerpted here. Why Teenagers Do the Things They Do, appeared on a listserve for journalists who cover children and youth. Scales wrote this memo for journalists who participate in a listserve sponsored by the Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families. Although the memo was written for reporters, the perspective and data presented by Scales will be of interest to anyone who works with young teens.