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The New Story…Who’s Doing It?... Probably about five years ago now, I remember David Warlick and others trying to frame the conversation around the shifts we’re seeing in learning under the umbrella of “Telling the New Story” of education. And I also remember being frustrated for a number of years after that at our inability to come up with that [...]
We Need a Test for That... Lately, I’ve been finding myself wondering if maybe the best strategy for changing education is to join ‘em, not fight ‘em. I mean, if the only material that we think is important is the stuff that our kids are going to get tested on, well, then let’s have MORE tests! (Play along!) How about a test [...]
Motivating DIY Learners... Alan Levine wrote a post a couple of weeks ago that’s been stuck in my brain ever since, primarily because it asks what I think might be the seminal “next” question for education: What is going to motivate the large swath of a society to become educated or to learn something in a self-directed fashion? It’s [...]
Open Mic Nights Starting Thursday... Starting on Thursday, we’re (PLP) going to be sponsoring some “Open Mic” nights in Elluminate, a chance for people to just drop in and spend an hour talking about various education/tech/shift related topics. We know there are lots of opportunities for “Perpetual PD” out there already, but a number of folks [...]