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Can Two Extra “Vs” Help EdTech Save Education?
Last week I heard Guy Kawasaki talk about his passion for writing, his two latest books: “The Art of the Start-Up 2.0” and “The Art of...
Mar 31, 20153 min read
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Lessons in Arts Education from a Rock Star
Last night’s tribute concert to David Byrne was the 11th show in Michael Dorf’s “Music of” series that benefits a number of music...
Mar 24, 20154 min read
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What a Mountain Climber Can Teach Us about Education
“He climbed with partners now and then but mostly spent time by himself and free-soloed — first on easy routes and then, as his...
Mar 24, 20155 min read
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Revising Our Perspective on Change in Education
Do you consider the current changes in education to constitute evolution or revolution? A few years ago, in a white paper titled...
Mar 24, 20154 min read
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Today’s Paradigm Shift: Don’t Do All That Homework
Think back to your kid self, and consider the news this week that a Kip’s Bay, New York elementary school has stopped assigning...
Mar 24, 20154 min read
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Five Storytelling Tips to Help Save Education
Last night I participated in a Twitter chat about alternatives to formal schooling. The chat was hosted by the Catalyst Learning Network,...
Mar 3, 20153 min read
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How Design Thinking in Education Can Keep Software from Eating You
Software has deeply impacted my life as a teacher and learning designer, but it has not eaten me . . . yet. Here’s how I learned to...
Nov 13, 20142 min read
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This is a School that Johnny Wants to Attend
I worry about Johnny, so I decided to design an optimal school for him. This school has: More material that is introduced at home for...
Nov 4, 20143 min read
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Why Not a 14th or 15th Grade to Better Prepare Students for the Real World?
“Welcome to 13th Grade,” reports on an Oregon initiative to add a 13th year to the high school experience in order to help better prepare...
Oct 23, 20143 min read
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Learning to Fish with the Net
My initial query into her approach centered on how closely she had read the assigned material for a particular class. The assignment...
Sep 2, 20142 min read
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