I love a good critique now and then, but I want to build something too. How can we make our schools what we want them to be? This is one of the more coherent pieces I have read about the CCSS. It lays out a specific issue that you have …
We cannot simply expect finished products. We must honor and value the process of creating them too. Modeling within professional development what we want to see in classrooms should be standard practice, and yet it is often not. Specifically, we tend to put teachers directly into fixed mindsets by denying …
Tolerance is not enough: When I was in high school, we had a “diversity day” every year. During this day, we had many different speakers come and talk about their different viewpoints. The effort was to ensure that we did not get stuck in our little bubble (which was formidable …
What a wonderful trip. I know most people are not going to want to see all 106 “moments”, but the only way that I…
Debugging is about more than just programming and algorithms: I really love your approach to teaching kids algorithms and getting them to stick with their plans long enough to see their first implementations before changing them. I think the skill of understanding WHY something didn’t work is the most important …
When is Substitution the right choice for teachers (in the SAMR model): I struggle with this idea and I go back and forth on the merits of substitution. You have made the case for it, and I think it holds. And yet, the point of looking beyond substitution is so …
When is Substitution the right choice for teachers (in the SAMR model): I struggle with this idea and I go back and forth on the merits of substitution. You have made the case for it, and I think it holds. And yet, the point of looking beyond substitution is so …
A wonderful story of leadership and advocating for teachers: This paragraph is an amazing example of how the classroom can change in subtle ways and have a transformational impact upon students: “When I walk into a classroom and the teacher has a ‘mystery bag” on the counter and is using …
Sometimes we can simply look outside our windows and be inspired to take part in a collaborative learning experience. I really like the way in which you have woven in the connectedness of hashtags and online communities into the connectedness of being a part of the same climate. Your imagery …