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Here is what 85 teachers valued most about the design thinking process they learned over the course of five months @AK12DC. With the help of a facilitator from Stanford’s d.school we took them through the entire design thinking process. They engaged in empathy, they developed point-of-view statements, they ideated their POVs, they prototyped their ideas…
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NPR’s All Things Considered aired a story, It was the best of sentences…, was a short and interesting story. What goes into making a sentence beautiful? What goes into making a sentence memorable? This program briefly addresses the answer to those two controversial questions. People interviewed on the program indicate that finding agreement on those…
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Bran Ferren is defined by a long series of descriptors. Here is what appears in Wikipedia: a technologist, artist, architectural designer, vehicle designer, engineer, lighting and sound designer, visual effects artist, scientist, lecturer, photographer, entrepreneur and inventor. Some list! When you watch his TED Talk, you will see why he could easily be defined in…
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A recent Spotlight Series from Education Week entitled, On Using Assessment to Measure Student Learning and Growth, was devoted to addressing some lingering questions regarding classroom assessment practices. After reading the edition, I thought it might be helpful to share my reflections on a variety of these pieces. The Center for Teaching blog has…
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Boy George, interviewed this morning on NPR’s Morning Edition, shares his experiences with music, life in recovery, and thoughts about school in the piece, For Boy George, Music And Style Is Just ‘What I Do‘. An interesting segment that reveals part of his journey over the past 20 years. What struck me most about the…
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