When I take a picture I get instant feedback on how I did. I can determine the exposure, color, framing, all within a second of taking that picture. Some might look at this as instant gratification, but I look at it through the lens of learning. You see, I really didn’t like taking pictures until…
Month: January 2016
I can’t wait….
This will be a series of 4 posts over the next few weeks thinking about how to change our thinking on learning. I can’t wait until teachers start to hand over the control to students. I can’t wait until learning is ingrained into all our lives, not just given lip service. I can’t wait…
Speak Up and Reflect!
When was the last time you had students speak up? Not the type of speak up where you can’t hear a student, but speak up about a challenge, a success, a problem, a solution? We stand in front of students each day, yet who does most of the talking? What created that culture? As I…
Driving Interests and Passions
How do we drive our own learning? What’s the reason for finding out new knowledge? Is it because of someone telling us we have to learn it or is it because we want to learn? When someone tells us that we have to learn something, the chances of that knowledge staying in our brains is…
Sandbox for All: Creative Play
This past Christmas Break I finally concluded that Minecraft might possibly be the biggest change to education since Lego was introduced. Think about all the ways you can construct, deconstruct, manipulate, and enhance your learning. With the newest update to Minecraft Pocket Edition came the introduction of redstone capability and that is a game changer….
Culture of Creativity or Constraints?
During some time this past week I was looking through my twitter feed when I came across this tweet from Laura Fleming: Goal for a teacher is to create the conditions for students to explore their creativity and to be innovative…freely. What does freely really mean in the context of education today? So many times…
Dress Pants or Sweat Pants?
What kind of pants do you like to wear? Your comfort depends on those pants. Some really enjoy sweat pants, some enjoy dress pants. What happens when those type of pants are taken away and you have to wear something new? Do you choose to wear that new style, even if it is uncomfortable, and…
Would you buy a ticket to your lesson?
You see many people posting about starting the year off on the right foot. Many talk about fitness or eating right. Some even talk about how they are going to do less with their time, relax a bit more, or spend time with family. As a learner/facilitator we need to think about how we can…
Curiosity, Exploration, Wonder 