Because these comments were left on Medium (a platform that lets you comment by paragraph rather than whole post), the context for them may be a little hard to follow. However, this is an important article about the gender politics of programming. This “beginner” part is really tough. It is …
Sometimes Differentiation isn’t the right word for what is going on in an innovative classroom: Whenever I do a sessions on “Personalization”, I tend to ask folks what the difference between Personalizing FOR students and Personalizing BY students. I believe that this is the heart of why Genius Hour is …
We don’t all blog and tweet for the same reason, and I think that is okay. I blog and tweet mostly for myself. I do these things to reflect upon my learning and to create a community of those who are interested in learning along with me. While I really …
Alright, you can probably file this under “why on earth would I want to do that”, but I am super excited about this capability and here is why: Imagine that you are leading a PD session and you want to capture everyone’s info (twitter account, email, and names) without having …
An wonderful global project in a High School science classroom: This is a wonderful project, and I am so glad that you have outlined just how it has worked within your classroom so that others may follow in your footsteps. However, I take issue with this statement: “But for now, the …
Keep doing great things. Keep telling kids that they matter and that they are smart enough. Keep giving them opportunities to show what they know and can do: Thank you for sharing this story and for showing that there are ways of debunking the narrative of “not smart enough” that many …
Many stories of what is happening in PARCC states: The way in which you have aggregated all of these comments is really quite compelling as a way of framing your argument. It is pretty clear that your testimony resonated with others. The part that I would like to focus on, …
Many stories of what is happening in PARCC states: The way in which you have aggregated all of these comments is really quite compelling as a way of framing your argument. It is pretty clear that your testimony resonated with others. The part that I would like to focus on, …
A great frame for thinking about 21st century literacies, those things that are truly different about the way we deal with information in our modern learning environments: I appreciate the way you have approached “new literacies” as something that really does build upon the literacies that come before. The radical …
The positivity from this blog is infectious: I really enjoy the #LoveTeaching hashtag. It is is something that we don’t get to say often enough to one another. I think your “lack of boredom” captures teaching very well. We are never going to be bored if we keep exploring. We …