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  • John Dewey on Playing with Ideas

    I’m not only a fan of playing with media, I also love to “play with ideas” and encourage others to do the same. In finalizing corrections for my dissertation today, I ran across this quotation from John Dewey in his 1910 book, “How We Think.” On pages 218-219 of the original text (pages 232-233 of…

  • Dewey on Book Work and Opportunities for Mistakes

    Here is a quotation worth considering in our communications landscape awash in information: From “Democracy and education: an introduction to the philosophy of education” by John Dewey, published in 1916. In Chapter Fifteen: “Play and Work in the Curriculum” he wrote: Doubtless the fact that children normally engage in play and work out of school…

  • Differentiated instruction, Dewey Pedagogy in Action

    I highly commend to you Bob Sprankle’s podcast from August 4, 2005, “Podcasting with Purpose.” Bob exemplifies what all parents should desire for their own elementary students in a teacher: he is focused on helping students connect authentically with their learning, differentiating instruction to meet the diverse interests and needs of students, and helping each…

  • Reminded About the Power of Student Centered Pedagogy

    Yesterday I was blessed by the opportunity to attend and participate in day 2 of the 2018 LearnFest (@theLearnFest) Conference in Austin, Texas. LearnFest, or “The Learning Festival,” is Carl Hooker‘s (@mrhooker) new iteration of iPadPalooza. LearnFest joins a very short, personal list of top quality, amazing educational technology professional development events. These include The Mobile…

  • Soften Your Syllabus

    One course syllabus stood out for both my wife and I, in its confrontational tone and the overall “negative vibe” it gave us for the teacher and their approach to students. In this post, I’ll highlight some of these issues, the insights which came from my one-on-one meeting with the teacher yesterday afternoon, and some…

  • 15 Reasons I’m Thrilled to be a Grade 4-5 STEM Teacher in Yukon, Oklahoma

    A week ago on Friday, November 1, I started a new job as the grade 4-5 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) teacher at Independence Elementary in Yukon, Oklahoma. (@iesSTEM) I was hired to replace a long term sub who started the school year when the previous STEM teacher (a friend of mine I worked…

  • Why Don’t Some Teachers Let Students CREATE In Class?

    Today during my breakout session on “Creating Narrated Slideshows” in Freeport, Maine, at the RSU5 “iPad Learning” professional development day, teachers used the free website Padlet (formerly “WallWisher”) to brainstorm reasons why some teachers do NOT allow students to CREATE in class. Teachers used iPads as well as laptop computers, using web browsers, to add…

  • Education as a Superstructure by Graham Brown-Martin

    These are my notes from Graham Brown-Martin‘s closing keynote, “Education as a Superstructure” at the 2012 Mobile Learning Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 13, 2012. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The official conference session description was: “Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Apple’s late CEO Steve Jobs have both gone on record…

  • We Learn What We Do – With Media Too

    Many people today continue to misconstrue passive, observational activities for authentic learning. To be real and have an impact, educational activities should take place within a meaningful context, involve hands-on participation by everyone, and have a real purpose outside the lesson. It’s best if participants create some kind of product which tangibly represents their learning…

  • imagination conversations: a project of the Lincoln Center Institute #cwf2010

    These are my notes from “imagination conversations: a project of the Lincoln Center Institute” at the Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City on 17 November 2010. Panelists include Scott Noppe-Brandon, Eric Liu, and Martha McKenna from Lesley University. I am audio-recording this session with permission from presenters and will publish it later here as an…