In light of recent news events, it seems that sexist stereotypes and misogynistic behaviors continue to be supported and trivialized in our society. The “boys will be boys” attitude persists in all age groups, socioeconomic classes, and cultures despite attempts that have been made in the last few decades to eradicate it. What can we, … Read more
In 2016, I attended SXSWedu, and wrote this post about some speakers who gave us the key ingredients that contribute to the success of the Finnish education program. I mentioned that, as a celebration of its 100th year of independence, Finland was endeavoring to collect case studies of 100 of the most innovative educational projects … Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot about homework lately. This is partly because my daughter begins high school today, and one of her teachers has already assured us that there will be lots of homework assigned in her class. When I was a 5th grade teacher, I assigned homework every night. My goal was to teach … Read more
I have seen Jane McGonigal present before, and I really enjoyed her message. Looking forward to another fabulous keynote address from her at SXSWedu this year, I was not disappointed. McGonigal’s presentation was, “How to Think and Learn Like a Futurist.” If you feel like that is impossible, then you should know that a futurist … Read more
I am attending SXSWedu in Austin, TX this week. You can see the posts that I’ve published so far to summarize my learning here and here. Our K-5 school is about to embark on an interesting journey. We are working on “throwing out the grades.” Instead of averages in each subject, parents will be receiving feedback … Read more
If you saw my first post from SXSWedu 2016 yesterday, you might think that I planned to summarize each day in a series of posts this week. However, today was so full of learning that I am going to have to spread out my posts a bit. I want to dedicate today’s to a session … Read more