• Disruptive Innovations and Creating a Culture of Innovation

    December 20, 2010

    In their book, Living on the Future Edge, Ian Jukes, et.al. use the term disruptive innovations. They devote a chapter (chapter 9) to this concept which they argue is at the heart of why we need to rethink our structures for educating students in the 21st Century. They reference a number of works, most notably,…

  • Hello world!

    December 18, 2010

    Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!

  • Overview of 21st Century Summit-Solution Tree, IL, 2010

    December 17, 2010

    After returning from the 21st Century Summit sponsored by Solution Tree, a small subgroup of the Drew and Westminster cohort that attended the summit put together the following set of slides (Google Docs) that will hopefully give you an overview of the material presented by the ten keynotes. While it is difficult to capture all…

  • What am I reading that is challenging my thinking?

    December 12, 2010

    I am in the midst of reading a number of different pieces that are causing me to think about the classroom in different ways. I am not exactly sure how they are all related, but I have a strong feeling that they are. First, Living on the Future Edge, a book written by Ian Jukes,…

  • Teaching to the Test

    November 26, 2010

    Whether you teach in a public school with high-stakes yearend tests as your guidepost or a school with the College Board Advanced Placement program and AP tests as your guidepost, teaching to a test is a limited way to engage students in the learning process. In fact, it is probably safe to say that teaching…

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