Working At The Edge

Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation

Engaging Online Learners

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Here’s a topic that doesn’t run across my feed reader too often: Why online education is mostly a fantasy. The title certainly intrigued me, especially as we work in my district to develop the next steps of our vision for teaching and learning. I agree with most of the writer’s points: “The online education utopians […]

Self-directed Learning – What should we be teaching?

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Several weeks ago I witnessed an interesting exchange with high school students. A group of students was asked what course they would most like to see offered that isn’t currently on the high school roster of offerings. Here were some of the responses: Photoshop and other software Psychology II/AP Psychology French Philosophy Tech Ed – […]

Thinking of schools as workplaces

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From the article “How to make your classroom a thinking space“… Think back to your mental image of a creative workplace. Was the place you imagined a school? If the answer was “no,” why not? School is a work place for 55 million people in the United States where 51.5 million student “workers” and 3.5 […]

Educational Utopia?

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Isn’t this the kind of learner we want students to become? Isn’t this what will transfer to the real world? If so, why don’t we do more of this? What are the barriers that exist? How would students in your school respond to this kind of school structure? Make 15 minutes of time to watch […]

Advocating for the Internet and Social Media

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As I’m catching up on some interesting finds on the internet this weekend, I stumbled onto a few posts that seemed to connect around this idea of advocating for the use of the Internet and social media. In the first post, Mimi Ito shares What Teens Get About the Internet That Parents Don’t. The title […]

Are we educators literate for the 21st Century?

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This was one of my most memorable takeaways from the 2013 PETE & C conference held several weeks ago in Hershey, PA. It came from Rob Mancabelli’s presentation, “Learning in a networked world.” In the presentation, Rob referenced the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) position statement on the Definition of 21st Century Literacies. […]

Digital Age Parenting

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This post has been cross-posted to SalisburySD.US. A week ago, I shared a post asking parents and teachers how they manage digital distraction in the classroom and at home. We’ve had several replies in the comments section. Be sure to check them out and add yours if you haven’t already! Over the past week, I’ve […]

Quotes

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Recently, I was re-organizing my Evernote account and ran across a note that contained memorable quotes. I don’t recall specifically, but I probably collected these a few years ago and then stopped. After reading them, I felt the collection would make a good post on this blog. I’m not sure who said some of them, […]