Education and teaching… Student Centered Personalization 1.0 – Initial Attempts, Musings, and What’s Missing? 6 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 The engineering process shows us that all ideas must be turned into a prototype. I mean, it is only a dumb idea if it does not work, right? Through any…
Education and teaching… Frustrated? Compassionately flip the script. 3 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 Frustrated. That is the only way to put it. Disgusted, cranky, and ready to throw my hands up, and this child out of my room. After redirecting this child for…
Proficiency based learning… The starting point of all achievement? Daring to begin. 1 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 Such an easy place, the start. It is a new beginning, a rebirth, a place to forge ahead into a new world. Or, in educational terms, it is the enviable…
Uncategorized “I Hate School?” 30 Oct 201830 Oct 2018 "I hate school!" How often have you heard these words uttered, mumbled, or outright yelled by a student? Early in my teaching career, (my "thinner skin years") a statement like…
Uncategorized As All Journeys Begin 29 Oct 20189 Nov 2018 The first step is never easy. Luckily, life is full of first steps. My first step into the classroom was 23 years ago. I had ideas, beliefs, a set in…
Uncategorized The Journey Begins 26 Oct 20189 Nov 2018 Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton