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An Honor Just to Be Nominated
Life in E Flat – The Autobiography of Phil Woods has been nominated as Book of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association.
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Top Ten Reasons I Don’t Have a Podcast
Reasons, ala David Letterman, why I don’t (yet?) have a podcast.
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Big Ideas
Which educational practices can you imagine abolishing in schools? I am sure you can think of ineffective, grossly expensive, distracting, or miseducative “traditions” most people take for granted.
A Parable
Seymour Papert used to teach through parables. Here is my lame attempt at maintaining that tradition. No need to thank me. You are quite welcome!
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THIS is Why Schools Exist
Hint: It’s probably not what you think.
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Books & Stuff that Soothe and Inspire Wonder
There’s no shortage of articles, web sites, top 1,000 app lists instructing educators what to do during the pandemic and when school returns to “normal.” …
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This is Our Moment!
I hope that anyone reading this is healthy and sane during this period of uncertainty. Teachers and kids alike are grieving over the loss of …
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Let COVID-19 Kill the Pencil
Today’s horrific health and economic crisis might have at least one educational benefit, students are “working” from home and like everywhere else in the past …
Scratch and the Negligent Homicide of Mathland
Scratch is a miracle. It’s popularity as a creative computing environment and its ubiquity around the world are truly impressive. Millions of children use the …
Robotics – The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Peace?
A reporter for an Australian education magazine recently sent interview questions about robotics in education, including the obligatory question about AI. The final article, when …