About
Andrew B. Watt is me. I am a history teacher in northeast Connecticut at a small private junior boarding school. That’s enough to identify me to the discerning reader, if he really wants to know my school. I am a level 1 USFA-certified foil coach and a NOLS-trained outdoor educator. I struggle with issues of how to connect students to technology use beyond Facebook and MySpace. I am interested in visual thinking, skills-based teaching, and constructivism. I have been blogging since 2002 on several different sites, including livejournal.com (most of the posts there have been ported here, though).
In addition, I am the Chair of the Commission on Professional Development (CPD), of the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools. We plan, design, and prepare programs for teachers at private schools across the state. Our (new) blog is here, with very little content; our Wiki (with much more content) is here.
In my spare time, I take care of Clio the muse in the form of an excitable black Labrador water-dog, and I hike and kayak. I also write. Duh.
May 14, 2012 @ 09:51:23
Hi Andrew,
I just came across an interesting course on Model Thinking and thought of you. Enjoy!
https://www.coursera.org/course/modelthinking
-Marek
Mar 24, 2012 @ 05:15:42
Feb 29, 2012 @ 14:27:57
I’m so blessed to have found your blog. You have fired up my creativity and taken away a large portion of my own creative barriers with your wonderful artwork. Thank you!
Jan 02, 2011 @ 15:02:53
Dec 04, 2010 @ 10:38:47
Andrew,
I’m building a new class blog and want to improve my explanation of categories and tags. Is this the best to ask you and your collaborators what’s a great resource to explain this distinction?
Some interesting samples; what’s the best? What’s out there that’s better?
* I like the explanation and the history of the functions: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/09/09/categories-versus-tags-whats-the-difference-and-which-one/
* I am a wordpress snob and appreciate the built-in instructions: http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories-vs-tags/
* Is there something better?
Thanks–Bill
Jul 04, 2010 @ 11:42:56
Dear Mr. Watt:
I enjoy reading your blog, and was wondering if you would like to do a link exchange. My book blog’s url is educationanddeconstruction.com. Every week, I make a nonfiction book recommendation in the topic areas of education, history, technology, biography and/or humor. I have already put up your link. Please reply if you would like to do a link exchange. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sally Friedman
Apr 14, 2010 @ 10:02:09
hello andrew! long time no see. lovely blog you have here
please be in touch!
-desiree, from middletown oh so long ago
Apr 14, 2010 @ 10:24:55
Hi Desiree,
how are you?
Dec 10, 2009 @ 11:20:10
Hi Andrew,
I just discovered your blog and am reading many of your posts with great interest. A question, for some reason where you indicate in several posts that you’ve included video, nothing appears for me except for a large white space. I don’t know why this is. I assume you’ve embedded video, maybe from youtube or vimeo? Any ideas? I’d love to see some of the things you are referring to. Thanks
Jen Braxton
Dec 10, 2009 @ 15:11:09
Most of my stuff is on YouTube.com My user name is ABWatt there, so if it’s a video I made, that’s where you’ll find it.
If it’s a video that it appears that I didn’t make, but I enjoyed, then I’ve usually favorited it there, too.
Would you mind leaving a comment on entries where things AREN’T working? They all look like they’re working to me, but the result is that I don’t know which specific videos are causing problems…
Dec 06, 2009 @ 15:26:42
Hey, Mr. Watt! It’s been ages since I talked/chatted with you. How’s the fencing club doing? I still get to fence twice a week, if I don’t have too much homework, but I miss all the old Rectory fencers.
Dec 08, 2009 @ 09:25:47
I’m doing well. The fencing team has its first match today. Where are you fencing these days?
What are you doing with yourself besides fencing?
May 17, 2009 @ 21:19:18
Hi Andrew,
I like the clean, tidy, data rich organization and look to the blog.
My stuff is in a few places.
Home page: http://web.suffieldacademy.org/~bsullivan/
Playground wiki: http://englishsandbox.wikispaces.com/ourwebpages
And a Blog I stared w/my AP Eng. class: http://billsullivan.edublogs.org/
Thought that I would play around a little w/word press; now back to grading. One week of classes; one week of exams.
Take care,
Bill
Talk soon–Bill