I loved the variety of experiences last night’s panelists brought to their EduCon discussion about why innovation matters. The panelists were
Matt Berg – a community-project leader working in Africa.
Aaron Gross – a animal farming ethicist .
Neeru Paharia – a costumer behaviorist working at Harvard.
Trung Le – a learning space designer working for Canon.
Stanford Thompson – [...]
If we can teach kids to make fun learning games (fun can indeed be measured, and learning can indeed be fun), then we’ll be helping them create experiential learning opportunities for others that have characteristics of narrative (plot, characterization) and informational texts (GUI, games manuals), as well as scripted expository texts that rely heavily on [...]
This week three girls took up what might be the most ambitious project I’ve ever suggested to a student: create a World War II museum in LittleBigPlanet, a PlayStation 3 (PS3) game. None of us has any idea what to expect (apart from students somehow sharing the unit’s content through visualization and gameplay) – the [...]
You know that song, “The Gambler?” I love that song. I loved listening to it in between G’n’R and Alice in Chains before high school football games. I love it when Kenny Rogers sings it. I love it when Mike Doughty sings it. Please comment below and tell me who [...]
[Author's note: Thanks for this post's inspiration go to Shelley Blake-Plock (@teachpaperless) of Teach Paperless fame for his crazy stuff challenge, as well as to those who have already commented!]
Invert & Green the School Calendar
First, let’s invert the school calendar to promote sustainable food projects and maintain alternatives to food monocultures. If [...]
Chad teaches humanities at a charter school and blogs on reforming classroom practice and democratic education.
