My brain itches.
I’m hitting the wall separating what I saw and what I see. I need to pull an Inception and start dreaming the wall and walking on it instead of familiar ground.
I’m looping with our school’s inaugural class for the third straight year. I feel a desperate need to get it right. I [...]
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Posted 22 September 2010
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To help formalize a process for negotiating curriculum I am going to pitch project-based units to students.
Each pitch will have four pieces.
The Vision: The first part of the pitch will be a presentation of my vision for a unit, including its goals and an overview of the steps or activities involved in the unit. Each [...]
