Apps: Education

“Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.” - Plautus

Stuff happens!

Friday, December 14, 2012 will long be remembered for another needless tragedy involving innocent students, teachers, and administrators. We all mourn but our tears are in vain without action. 

"Every time you do a project, you learn something new." - Justin Timberlake

So you want to engage your team(s) in a project involving higher order thinking. What project(s) will they be working on? 

You can assign projects or let your team(s) select their own. I find participants are more highly motivated when they have a choice but I suggest providing a list of projects from which they may choose. This strategy worked well for me when distributing work assignments to engineers.

“Get the habit of analysis - analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind.” Frank Lloyd Wright

Analysis begins by examining an object or idea and identifying it’s components, defining the relationships between them, and specifying the organizing principle(s) of the whole. Action words associated with analysis include;