Author: Ben Wilkoff

16. What do your kids think is most important in life? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 16, 2016 My children know what they want. They want to have a snack. They want to play Minecraft. They want to have a playdate. They want to play with a particular toy. …

15. How do you know you’re learning? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 15, 2016 There are two types of learning: Things that I have not yet considered. Things that I have not yet done. Learning is held within the words “not yet”. Once the learning occurs, the “not yet” dissolves …

14. What kind of noise do you need to work? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 14, 2016 I fidget, relentlessly. I have two rings that do not stay on my fingers for more than 20 minutes at a time. I run my fingers through my hair and rub my beard …

13. What do you hope to see from this last year of the Obama administration? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 13, 2016 My first smartphone was a blackberry. It was the kind with the little trackball in the middle and a physical keyboard that was an absolute joy to type on. …

12. What are three books that defined you? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 12, 2016   There are very few books that I read more than once. Even fewer are the books that I feel compelled to come back to again and again because they feel like home. These books …

11. What is one thing you’d like to stay as it is? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 11, 2016 I once went to a the Denver Zen Center with my wife. We went for an introduction to meditation and to learn by attempting it ourselves. The building was absolutely …

10. What keeps you out of the classroom? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 10, 2016   I loved being the first one to school, arriving in the dark with so much promise still to be explored. I would plan and I would write. I would grade and I would rearrange …

9. What’s the last thing you taught someone outside your family? #lifewidelearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 9, 2016 I am a big fan of unintended lessons. They aren’t quite teachable moments and they certainly weren’t a part of the original plan. The unintentionally learned is perhaps the most powerful …