A Counter Narrative for a Day Such as This
”The school must open its doors. It must reach out and spread itself, and come into direct contact with all its people. Each day the …
Write Your Own Bad Math Blaster in MicroWorlds
While waiting for the 5th grade class to settle down between recess and their holiday party, I wrote this project starter for creating arithmetic flashcard …
Holiday Gift Ideas for the Makers & Tinkerers in Your Life
Treat yourself or the other makers in your life to these incredible new (or old favorite) materials and sources of inspiration for future learning adventures. …
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Au Contraire?
I often explain to graduate students that I don’t play devil’s advocate or any other clever games. Just because I may say something unsaid by …
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My Out of the World Educon 2.5 (January 2013) Session
The following is the program description and proposal for my upcoming “conversation” at Educon 2.5 in Philadelphia, January 26th. You Say You Want Tech Standards? …
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Girls and Technology – Overcoming Myths & Malpractice (2002)
Girls and Technology – Overcoming Myths and Malpractice1Version 1.0Presented at the 2002 Alliance For Girl SchoolsGirls and Technology Conference – Melbourne, Australia© May 2002 Gary …
Accountability?
I’m a curious guy who wonders a lot about the forces and rhetoric influencing education. At the risk of kicking a hornet’s nest and incurring …
Cameras for Classrooms
Cameras should play an essential role in any classroom. They need to be freely accessible and abundant. Cameras can tell stories, document learning adventures and …
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Time for a Tactical Shift
Dear colleagues and friends of progressive education, It is time for us to stop arguing against high-stakes testing. Americans LOVE the idea of high-stakes as …
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Dr. Stager’s Prescription for Improving S.T.E.M.
The first step in improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) in our classrooms is to find evidence of its existence. S.T.E.M. currently suffers from …