I’ve been using this week of my Spring Break to write about some innovative ideas in education, and a comment from a reader on my “Teacherpreneurship” post, motivated me to include the concept of Edcamps in this series. I’ve been meaning to write about the Edcamp model for quite some time now, but I was … Read more
Some people look at space differently. For example, you might walk past a suddenly empty retail space in an outdoor mall, and completely ignore the “For Lease” sign. At most, you might think, “What a pity. Another store has gone out of business.” But, I’m betting you don’t think, “Wow, that would be a great … Read more
In yesterday’s post, I gave some suggestions for ways that corporations could support educators. There are a lot of great educators who want to stay in the classroom, but find themselves spinning their wheels after several years. For many, the only opportunities to improve their craft come from district-sanctioned professional development. The only way they … Read more
Somehow I missed meeting Hunter Thompson at SXSWedu this week. Fortunately, I happened to pick up on a tweet that led to this article about the young man, who is the very smart 16-year-old behind Smallworks, a company that makes Lego brick cases for iPods, iPhones, and iPad minis. If 16 sounds too young to … Read more
It’s Friday. And we’re going to have fun! Since it’s all about Lego these days (all of my students are talking about the newly released Lego Movie), I thought I’d share some of the Lego links I’ve been collecting lately for today’s Phun Phriday post: Legography – Check out these great photos showing the perspective … Read more
Oliver Schinkten (@schink10) recently tweeted, “The message behind this 2-minute video is INCREDIBLY AWESOME. Which of the animals are you going to be?” Of course, I had to watch the video. The clip, from Dirt! The Movie, describes the story of a fire in a forest. As all of the animals stand back, watching the … Read more