Cores 1+4: Pair Write-on: Utopian Poetry (Happiness, Before I Could Call Myself Angel Gonzalez, The Future, analysis: How can poetry describe utopia better than prose? How does the imagery of the poems influence your concept of utopia. Extension: Continue to work on your Survival Simulation and finish TipsLastt poem analysis. …
Cores 1+4: Write-on: Take another look at Trurl. Why does Lem write this story? What does the robot represent? Why is it so important that Trurl be right? Extensions: Continue to work on your Survival Simulations. Core 2: Rev-it-on: Do and say crazy things about our Level 2 words in …
This is my first official Learning is Change podcast, and I hope it lives up to the legacy that the Discourse about Discourse educasts established. This podcast is all about trying to answer the following question: “What is the itch you are trying to scratch?” In the podcast, I try …
The Principal of the Online School in my School District asked me a really interesting question regarding the growth of our vision within the district and the region. She asked, “What are the 2 or 3 big pieces that we need from the system/district?” I was taken aback by this …
Cores 1+4: Discuss-on: Continue to work in your groups on your Survival Simulations. Extensions: Finalize goals and what-if’s. Core 2: Discuss-on: Continue to work on your Utopian Art handouts. Extension: Finish your Utopian Art handout. Core 3: Share-on: Who won the Image Grammar workout? What do the terms mean? Why …
Today I am working with elementary teachers who are writing courses for an online school. Whatever your stance on virtual schools, the most resistance is in the elementary sector (a totally subjective statement, by the way). Many of these teachers (who haven’t even started writing their curriculum) have had push-back …
Cores 1+4: The Documents for The Survival Simulation. Copy them over to your own google docs and share them with your group. (Only one person from the group should do this so that you don’t end up with duplicate copies.) The Cast The Goals What-If’s I am out teaching teachers …
Core 1: Talk about survival simulations. (Print off a new copy of the PDF if you need one.) What is required? Who is in your group? What are the first steps? Extensions: Start to brainstorm (and write down) who your character is in the survival simulation. Core 2: Level-Two words, …
Cores 1+4: Write-on: How did The Shakers peel back the veneer of life? What are life’s essentials? Is there beauty in simplicity, in organization or is there beauty in complexity and chaos? Extension: Write a paragraph about a day in the life as an individual with only the survival layer …
On Friday, I had the distinct pleasure of listening to some of the most unique voices in the discussion over Dan Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind. These voices did not come from an “expert” being paid thousands of dollars for a breakfast engagement. They did not come from a …