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 …
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Time for Optimism
“Things take longer to happen than you think they will, but then they happen faster than you thought they could.” – Al Gore As summer …
Lessons from My Latest Family Workshop
Leading family learning-by-making workshops in schools around the world is a pure joy. When parents can experience through the eyes, hands, and screens of their …
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Great Honor and a New Book
One great joy of my life has been getting to know and work with so many of my heroes/sheroes. Even greater satisfaction comes from sharing …
An Open Education Primer – Semester 1
The following is a non-exhaustive collection of resources intended to inform educators interested in open education, open plan classrooms, and other forms of learner-centered environments. …
Stop the Insanity (2007)
Stop the Insanity Simple strategies to address the growing epidemic of at-risk learners. By Gary Stager October 2007 issue of District Administration Magazine When politicians …
Summer Reading for Educators (updated 2024)
I once heard former President Clinton say, “every problem in education has been solved somewhere.” Educators stand on the shoulders of giants and should be …
Thinking about Thinking about Howard Gardner
Is Howard Gardner the most misunderstood and misappropriated educationalist (his preferred term) in the world today or he just the only theorist most educators have …
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A Progressive Education Reader
Educators, citizens, and policy-makers would benefit from remembering two salient truths. We stand on the shoulders of giants. “Every problem in education has been solved …
Whole School Summer Reading Suggestions for Educators
I once heard former President Clinton say, “every problem in education has been solved somewhere.” Educators stand on the shoulders of giants and should be fluent …