My hopes for AI in Education
AI is going to be changing things fast… but nothing in education changes fast. As the tools get better and more becomes possible, the rush…
Redoing the purpose and vision for this site
in 2018 this started as a blog with the hope of making some sort of impact on education. Not many of my blog posts from…
Recognizing and building on the creativity of an entire class
The project I’ve developed has just the right amount of constraints and freedom to make it really interesting. There are so many extremely interesting projects…
Connecting creative dots
It turns out to be very difficult to teach an entire class to have unique projects and embrace the creativity that we all can develop.…
Researching Creativity
I am putting together a program called ‘Creativity – getting it, having it, and teaching it.’ Researching this topic is a wonderful side passion. I’m…
The nature of learning – fast and slow
It struck me early this morning how there is a fundamental tension built right into teaching and learning. These two elements are in constant tension…
Students, Projects, and the problem of what to do next
There was a problem that kept recurring in class. This problem plagued me for years. Solving it was crucial to getting the class to work.…
Beta Testing for edtech companies
I used to think that it was great fun to beta test a product for a company, but lately it hasn’t been as rewarding or…
Advice to new teachers
A few years ago I wrote and recorded a series of videos with all of my advice to first year teachers. Two years later, the…
Keeping a Rowdy Classroom Positive and Productive
Keeping a rowdy classroom on track can be a challenging task, but years of experience have taught me some valuable lessons that I can share.…
Stress less
I spent the last weekend doing less than normal – the bare minimum actually. I didn’t crank out a new initiative or resource, plan my…
Under promise and overdeliver
There is a lot of potential in a class where we look directly at student interests, autonomy, and creativity. With these starting points, the goal…
Failure and mistakes
I showed my students the ‘Failure is Valuable’ page and talked about just trying things out, learning how the world actually works. This is another…
We hit what we aim at
This is something I am saying more often as I learn about expectations, our limitations, and how we grow through our mindsets. The problem is…
Years behind and ahead
It’s nice to look back and imagine forward. Years Behind: 2005 – Deployed to OIF (I’ve written before about how my time in the military…
sustainable workload, whats that
Waking up at 3:15, working until almost 6. Getting to school at 7:30, quiet lunch at 11:30, workout at 3:30 Getting the laptop out at…
Positivity rebellion
I think every teacher has a class that didn’t want to participate and cooperate with a lesson. That is a negative vibe that grows with…
Season two of “Fix Education Ourselves”
I’m coming up on one year since I made “Season One” and feel pretty good about my work a year ago, mostly because it made…
Links in a chain… but more complicated
I have all of these elements and tricks that help students start to think like creators, change their mindsets, make cool projects, and start to…
Reading books on creativity is my new hobby
I just started Cracking Creativity and it has so much information, I just want to wade through the possibilities as my new job. Just look…