From the archive
Design Thinking
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I Have Fallen in Love with Cad Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies, and T-Shaped People!
Well, not literally! But I did thoroughly enjoy the book Cad Monkeys. Dinosaur Babies, and T-Shaped People: Inside the World of Design Thinking and How it Can Spark Creativity and…
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A Rubric is Not an Authentic Audience
Yesterday, as I told my comp class about style and audience and the need to write what one cares about for a reader who wants to understand, one student said…
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Become a Better Human.
My 15 year old daughter started a blog. A blog to encourage and empower teens based on her experiences and views of the world. Her second post is titled, “…like…
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Making Lunch Great Again!
I had the pleasure of listening to 5th grade students share their proposals to relaunch the lunch experience at their school. There were a few issues that the students were…
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Empathy + Action = Activist
The other day I walked in to the art classroom at one of our elementary schools. Third graders were on a mission. As artists, how might we use our creative…
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The Importance of Awe in Education
This is what it’s all about: “We should be teaching our youth with the intrinsic rewards of awe as opposed to the extrinsic reward of grades. It is what’s needed…