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In Dan Coyle’s book, The Talent Code, he writes about deep practice in chapter 4, Three Rules of Deep Practice. The journey he takes in the book to explore where talent comes from leads him to this idea of deep practice, the 10,000 hours of practice over a period of time to master a high-level…
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Here we go again, politicians trying to drive innovation in the classroom. 11.Alive reports that the Georgia State Legislature is considering a proposal that would fund IPads for all middle school students in the state. Really! Is that a good idea? Isn’t it likely that politicians are the wrong people to be leading the critical work…
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Recently, I visited a fourth grade science class at Drew Charter School in Atlanta. I was very impressed with how the 4th grade science teacher, Connie Taylor, organized a lesson on Force and Motion. She had structured a series of hands-on activities that students had to complete, three to be exact. The second day of the lesson ended with…
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This morning I was listening to City Cafe on WABE in Atlanta. WABE’s Lois Reitzes was interviewing Alvin Ailey’s Artistic Director Designate, Robert Battle, who is only the third person to be the postion. The other two were Alvin Ailey and Judith Jameson. She talks with him about how he feels being handed the leadership and…
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Dale Dougherty, co-founder of O’Reilly Media and the editor of MAKE, as well as the founder of MAKER FAIRE, gave a recent TEDMotorCity talk on, We are Makers. You can watch his 11 minutes TED talk below. Here are a few of my takeaways from his clever and engaging talk. Makers are enthusiasts. There were a few really interesting…
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