EPS Ideas Blog

A great description of the power of tech in the classroom. Unfortunately, I agree whole-heartedly with the conclusion the author draws toward the end: teachers often don't determine how the kids will spend their time on what's best, but what's most comfortable and familiar for the teacher.

Many people say they value innovation, but have a psychological bias against implementing new ideas. I wonder if educators are representative of the general population.

I personally find it amazing that "gamers' are still stigmatized, though that seems to be decreasing. My question is, do we give kids enough time to play games?

I'm just saying...

Becoming an expert requires practicing like an expert - not talent, with few exceptions.

A thoughtful post on assessing creative thought.

EdCamp is a series of unconferences, meaning people get together, offer to give presentations, then determine a schedule by the requests of attendees. This one is the day after the NAIS conference at the Northwest School.

How much of what we do is college prep, and how much is prep for being independent of teachers and formal learning institutions?

Is this really the best use of three weeks of our school year?

Personal learning vs. personalized learning - are we using 1:1 to improve what we do, or to change how our kids learn?

Good advice for all of us, especially as we look at bringing these things into the MS.

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I do recognize that we have our policies set, but it's always good to question policy.

Is anyone doing anything in their classes that could be entered here? Are we walking the walk?

Design as a literacy - design is about problem solving. The design process embodies TALI in a way that few things do. 

People Learn Best and Most Deeply When:

This is a nice summary of research on learning, written in language that our students would find interesting. 

A nice outline, description, and template of project management applied to everyday projects. This could be a great scaffold for many of the projects we ask out kids to complete.