Education and teaching… Giving students “the world.” Enter The Waferx Project. 3 Jan 20193 Jan 2019 Why do I need to know this? When will I ever need this? The most commonly heard question of bored, disenfranchised, and checked out students. I can't compete with Fortnite…
Education and teaching… Developing the Best Versions of Themselves- Ruminations On Values and Student Centered Learning 18 Dec 201818 Dec 2018 "It is no longer acceptable to quietly fail." "Dumb" "Unseen" "Teaching is about changing paradigms." https://youtu.be/-5DhawMlq0w What does it mean to be the best version of yourself? How can you…
Digital Badging… Digital Badging- Connecting Inside and Outside Lives of Students. 11 Dec 2018 Stepping back to an previous post, the initial goal of the badging initiative was to focus on student skill growth in addition to academic achievement. Thinking around the issue, I…
Digital Badging… Digital Badging – Larger Perspectives in Design Thinking of Credentials 7 Dec 20187 Dec 2018 Educators, by and large, are extremely creative people. I could never be a K-1 teacher, only because I do not have the chops for the incredible bulletin board designs. Seriously…
Education and teaching… Just Hear Me Out! Possibilities for Unthinking, Unlearning, and Relearning Proficiency-Based Curriculum 19 Nov 201820 Nov 2018 In an ecosystem, symbiotic relationships rule. They determine success and failure of an organism, with even the smallest of changes impacting all organisms within the system. Bottom-Up or Top-Down ecological…