I haven’t yet registered my daughter for school. She’s been in a private Montessori for four years and our plan has been to transfer her to public school. Our house is on the market, and we would like to move closer to my work. Unfortunately, the market is really terrible right now, and it’s [...]
Here’s a quick podcast on-the-fly. This took 30 minutes to record, edit and publish.
Size Matters
This is your student. If you don’t like the music or the video, you probably won’t appreciate this post either.
Your student can do anything he wants. He doesn’t need you. He has all the information you do. He can post a video on Youtube and have an audience of millions. She’s [...]
Do you ever wonder if you could be working on something more important than integrating educational technology? Obviously, there is enormous value in helping instructors discover more learner-centered approaches to classroom and online teaching. Change has to happen. There are no doubts about that. We’re not going backward and the world needs people like us [...]
I realized, on my drive home, I never see anyone talk about disconnecting from networks. We all talk about the importance of connecting and building networks, but what about letting go? Sometimes people announce they are taking a break. We react with compassion. Sometimes we try to get them to change their minds. Really, it’s [...]
Learning is the future of education. Students need to develop an awareness of how they learn. By student, I mean every human being with whom we come in contact. Students are not just the people we enroll in our classes. Parents, baby sisters, grandparents, neighbors, service workers and executives are students. [...]
For a little over a year, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know dozens of amazing dads who participate in various social networks throughout the “edublogosphere.” I’ve watched families grow by first babies and new generations. I’ve seen your photos of preschool graduations and college convocations. I’ve crossed my fingers with you through scary [...]
Imagine a classroom with upper elementary school students all in one learning space. There are smaller areas with chairs, some with pillows, bookshelves and boards, the usual stuff. The teachers move between the students and know the students from multiple levels. Students know teachers from other levels. The older students are each partnered with a [...]
I just had the privilege of jumping into one of Clarence Fisher’s MS Innovative Teaching sessions on ustream. I’m so glad he posted the link on Twitter, because it was a great conversation. I don’t know everyone who was in the group, but the topic of conversation was to define the ideal classroom. [...]
I spent part of my weekend doing my mandatory parent volunteer work for my 7 year old daughter’s grade 1-3 Montessori class. I had been prepared to simply write them a check, when the teacher contacted me because I “know about computers.” She said she had typed up the students’ US President reports in a [...]