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Learning Goals and PLEs
Most good teaching begins with a hunch. A year or so ago, I was trying to find a way of getting my students to understand the power of personal learning networks (PLNs) and the idea that their socia...
The Benefits of a Single Device 1:1 Program in Education
As my school wrestles with ideas around educational technology integration, I find myself thinking more more about the concept of a single device being deployed to every student and every teacher in t...
what if? – we actually encouraged our students to ask questions?
What if: probably the most powerful pair of words in human history. Also, unfortunately, probably the most rare words in education. What if we spend more time having students ask “what if?R...
PBL vs Maker Learning
It seems to me, there are a lot of things in common between PBL and maker learning. But, there are also some significant differences. PBL often means project-based or problem-based learning. This ...
Access, access, access
I’ve been spending the last few weeks setting up new systems for our Learning Commons that will, hopefully, allow users (students and staff) to find resources more easily in our school library c...
It’s Complicated – book review
It’s been a pretty relaxing summer. The blog has been neglected as my writing has been working toward a book that I hope will be of interest to readers of this blog, but a completion date is n...
Putting my Money where my PLN Mouth is
Have you ever taken a step back from your Personal Learning Network and looked at who has ended up in it? If you’re anything like me (and you know you are!), you’ve spent months or years...
Making in the School Learning Commons
I’ve been spending the last week in Nashville with colleagues from boys schools around the world thinking and talking about maker learning in schools. The role of makerspaces in the school lea...