41. What kind of loser are you? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 10, 2016 I am a loser of self. In middle school I would read books during class. I would sit there while all of the other kids were doing their work, and I would read Michael Crichton or …
40. Do you believe in magic? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 9, 2016 I believe in Santa. That may be weird to say, but I mean it with 100% sincerity. I believe in the strange ritual of the chimney and the cookies and the presents. I do not believe …
39. Top lessons you’ve learned from movies? #lifewidelearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 8, 2016 I’m pretty sure this question has been answered in a Buzzfeed article or two. It is so perfectly positioned to be a “listicle” that I feel as though I would be doing it an injustice …
38. What’s on grade level? #lifewidelearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 8, 2016 Grade level is only useful because it so long has been correlated with a child’s age. Just as it is useful to know if a child is 5 years old rather than 10, it is somewhat useful to …
37. What is the value of unpersonalized learning? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 6, 2016 The lecture will never die. In one form or another, there will always be someone who wants to stand up in front of others and spout off about what he/she knows. There will always be …
36. What TV family was yours most like growing up? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 5, 2016 I was the Jonathan Taylor Thomas of my family. The middle child, slightly brainy, who moves down into the basement as soon as he could in order to avoid the older and …
35. What is personalized learning? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 4, 2016 I used to say it is a complex issue and there are a whole bunch of answers that are all correct. I used to say that we are still trying to figure it out and that there needs to …
34. When does collaboration go too far? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 3, 2016 Groupthink: When you want to please the others in the group more than you want to find the best solution. Decision by Committee: Finding consensus without ever finding buy-in. Starting Over, Again: Collaborating on the …
33. What don’t you understand that everyone else seems to totally get? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 2, 2016 I fundamentally disagree with the opening line of Anna Karenina: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” It supposes that to be happy, …
32. How do you make sure you’re listening to others’ input? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 1, 2016 “I changed my mind once. It was awful.” -Anyone who listens to someone else and actually has to change their mind because they started to incorporate someone else’s worldview into their own. …