1872 Portrait photo of John Muir1
As a former history teacher, I think that these conversations with the past — with Tweeple in History — are quite interesting and potentially they are enormous discussion starters in classrooms where discussion is used for learning. A while back I wrote [...]
There is much I can say about my Mom. But one of the first that comes to mind is that she is passionate about everything that she does.
I started this blog post last week after returning from the Nebraska Association of School Boards conference on Omaha. But [...]
A bridge is a sticky connector only if people need to get to the other side1
It appears to have started with a Facebook status update from Science Leadership Academy Principal, Chris Lehmann.
When having audience is no longer novel, simply having one is no longer motivating. We still [...]
From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation web site.
Brenda forwarded this AP article to me while I was on the road.
Gates Foundation gives $335M for teacher quality
SEATTLE — Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some [...]
As some of you know, I like to begin my presentations with something that I’ve just learned — something that I didn’t know yesterday. It usually starts with a blog entry that comes into my RSS reader or a newspaper or magazine article that comes into Google News. Often it’s [...]
It’s not a scoreboard that’s going to keep us prosperous and fulfilled.
It’s working to make our children into the people they need to be,
to carry us into a future we can’t even see,
people who will invent that future…
A while back, I did a little work [...]
This was definitely one of the most interesting places to present — and I’ve presented in some strange places. There was no real sense of the front of the room, which worked well, as I wanted participants to be just that, actively engaged in the conversation.
If you’ve been [...]
Brenda had promised that travel would be scaling back after last week in Edmonton — and when you look at the calendar, it certainly looks that way. I just didn’t know that I’d be headed back up to Canada just barely more than 24 hours after landing from Alberta on [...]
Interestingly, each computer has something different on the screen. This is probably fine. Students should be free to use their machines as a thought extensions, utilizing the tools in ways that make sense to them, to help them make sense of what’s being taught.1
My week is over, with [...]
It’s probably just me, but it’s the ridiculous that I want to see in a keynote address.
Large screen photo of 2009 Keynoter Malcolm Gladwell1
Ok, let me see if I can retrace the thoughts that led to that conclusion. I am seeing more conferences, these days, embracing [...]
