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Sean Nash
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Generalist instructional coach leading a community of learners at Benton High School in Saint Joseph, Missouri who are exploring learner-centered constructivism through emerging technologies.

I manage several learning networks on the Ning platform:

Virtual Southside: http://virtualsouthside.ning.com
(a staff development network for tech integration & constructivism)

SaintJoe H2O: http://stjoeh2o.ning.com
(a student network for my marine biology class which features students from three local high schools and an april field study on andros island in the bahamas)

Principles of Biology: http://mwsu-bio101.ning.com
(a student network for my dual-credit biology course... like Fireside Learning, was nominated for a 2008 Edublogs Award for best educational use of a social networking tool)
About Me:
http://nashworld.edublogs.org/about/
(i hate re-typing with my two fingers... sorry ;-)
Website:
http://nashworld.edublogs.org

Latest Activity

I just have a few minutes, so I'll start by adding in a "favorite event" that happened almost exactly one year ago to the day: this little turd was born... ;) Photo courtesy of yours truly.
December 2
Yep- the more I think about it... the more I think this pretty much cuts to the core of the issue.
November 29

Sean Nash's Blog

Sean Nash

Prior Knowledge and The Flow of Learning


Engagement
A friend gives you free tickets to an upcoming concert. Although the group is fairly popular, you are not familiar with the artist’s body of work. Assuming you elect to go, what do you do next?

Between now and the day of the concert, here’s betting tha… Continue

Posted on October 18, 2009 at 11:14pm —

Sean Nash

But Math Is HARD

Forgive me in advance for the not-so-touchy-feely words regarding our beloved Mother Goose, but this one gave me pause...
multiplication is vexation2
My two-year-old daughter drug over The Real Mother Goose yesterday as we were playing. I knew we had the book. It was a gift at some po… Continue

Posted on September 14, 2009 at 10:30am —

Sean Nash

On Sandboxes and Classrooms


Have you ever wondered why we build sandboxes for children? That’s exactly what I did today. Today I wondered while wandering about the yard, putting the finishing touches on a landscape and backyard garden update. I wondered long and hard about the role of play in learning n… Continue

Posted on August 31, 2009 at 9:18am — 2 Comments

Sean Nash

Facilitating A Squirrelly Strategy


This post features a video that a colleague recently added to a… Continue

Posted on August 2, 2009 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Sean Nash

SCIENCE : POETRY : HISTORY

Good conversations


This rather dull snapshot was taken with my phone at the recent NECC 2009 conference in Washington, DC. Funny. Sometimes it's the non-conference things that really push my thinking forward.… Continue

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 3:51pm — 3 Comments

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At 9:55am on November 17, 2009, Connie Weber said…
whoops, forgot to link that: I posted this as a forum:
Sean Nash's Blogpost: "Tinkering: A 'Boy's Only' Club?"
At 9:53am on November 17, 2009, Connie Weber said…
Hi Sean,
Would you like to leave a discussion question here on Fireside that springs off of your wonderful blog entry on tinkering? Wow... just love your blog!
At 1:57pm on December 15, 2008, Connie Weber said…
Yahoo!!
So great to have you here! Thanks for coming. It'll be great to have you join in on conversations, and to hear about your vastly exciting projects!
At 8:57pm on December 13, 2008, Ian Carmichael said…
Hi Sean,
There's some great wealth you can share with us, two-fingered or not (and of course there is cut and paste)! We only get to see the final product, after all! You may want to catch up here with Alan Davis, a biologist in Micronesia.
 
 

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