I added this sign to the front of my classroom this year. So far, one kid has asked about it, about what it means to be in permanent beta mode. I got the term from bloggers, I guess. They encourage new businesses to be constantly testing and responding to mistakes, especially on the web. The [...]
Permanent beta mode
October 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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“It’s the creative act that matters”
July 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Last summer a book that inspired me to take more chances in my teaching was Dan Pink’s “A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the World.” Great book about the current transition in American society from an information age to a conceptional age, from left- to right-brain thinking.
This summer I read “Ignore Everybody: [...]
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Back from the dead
June 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I checked out for 11 months. I thought I could blog and start teaching at a new school, but I couldn’t manage it. I needed to save my creative energy to use in the classroom, and there never seemed to be enough time for reflection. I only wanted to read, learn, experiment, plan and do [...]
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