Slowly working my way through the questions raised at #MinecraftLA, but I’ve been putting off answering this query: Q3: Is there a...

What a happy crew participating at the first HackMini held at the Bergen Makespace - May 9, 2015 After a year of plotting – with the...

One of the questions raised at #MinecraftLA Summit was: Q2: When does a game cease to be a game and becomes a tool? Vu Bui, COO of...

Many people speculate that Minecraft will change education. Perhaps. For me, the bigger question is: Will Minecraft change education, or...

I recently had the opportunity to attend the first Minecraft Education Summit sponsored by Microsoft FuseLabs and Connected Camps. A...

In my last post, Obsession with Assessment , I confessed that I once blurted out, “I don’t give a shit about assessment. I’m a teacher, I KNOW what learning looks like.” To be clear, the entire post was focused solely on our country’s obsession with standardized testing which is summative assessment. A friend pointed out that my piece was flawed because I was obsessed with assessment … formative assessment. That gave me a pause for thought and then a good laugh. He is right

My last post, Got Map, was quite long as I grappled with the notion of how the “narrative of school” keeps us stuck. I’m sure this will...

In education, the map we follow in the United States is based on a very long standing narrative of “what school looks like”. This...

If I wake up early on a weekday, I love to pop onto Twitter and follow the #BFC530 15 min “spark” chat. This is one of the most interesting professional development (PD) communities I’ve found. Organized by Scott Capro and run by Jessica Raleigh , the mission of the community is to: “ Empower participants to make a difference in education by engaging in consistent reflective practice in a supportive community that inspires and challenges one another. ” I enjoy this community

Maori proverb: He aha te mea nui? He tangata. He tangata. He tangata. Translation: What is the most important thing? It is the people. ...

It's Martin Luther King Jr Day! Share your thoughts on this quote & any examples from your work. #BFC530 pic.twitter.com/4csd0tWiYK —...

Last year I had the privilege of getting to know Hardie Fellow, Janine Bowes, an exemplary educator from Tasmania. Janine was engaged in...

Great colleagues become friends for life: Gloria Dunn, Marianne Malmstrom, Barbara Landberg and Jean Timbrell 2014 In the early 90’s, I...

“The empty space is the birthplace of possibilities that don’t yet exist—but might.” ~John Hunter In the last two posts I spoke about my...

The school narrative even permeates play spaces created by children The greatest lesson I have learned from my students is how extremely...

It’s not about the destination as much as it is about the journey. My first post explains why, despite my best intentions to document my...

Master Class with John Hunter & Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence Charlottesville, Virginia 2012 For years, I’ve been on a journey...