Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
Late last week, I had the opportunity to sit in on the Thinq Studio’s one day unconference. I’ve been watching their work from afar, and following along as some smart folks do wide things. But I was looking forward to spending some time with local colleagues and teachers to explore issues around teaching differently. The […]
Read More #Rethinq18 -ing ThingsSome days can blow your whole heart wide open, and remind you why you do what you do. Or at least why what you do matters. I had one earlier and it’s still on my mind. Our library, like most, is a safe place for folks who don’t have any other safe places to go […]
Read More The Enormity of Little Things That Are HugeLast week, many of the middle and high school students in my local school district chose to walk out of class to ask for a reconsideration of the way that we handle guns and school safety. They’re a part of a larger national movement, but the schools here are closed for Spring Break during that […]
Read More Bravery is Neither Created Nor DestroyedMy friend Zac: That’s the opportunity each of us who has the privilege to working with children has each day. We get to change expectations by raising expectations. We get to throw joy where anger or apathy is expected. We get to be kind.We have the exceptional challenge every day of being better versions of […]
Read More “We Get To Change Expectations By Raising Expectations”I’m doing some work that involves a new teacher colleague in Costa Rica, and I took three years of high school German. What little Spanish I know I’ve picked up from my wife and children’s conversations around the house. I’m a crummy listener. Enter Google Translate. For the last week or so, I’ve been dutifully […]
Read More “Seeing My Daughter Dare Was Wonderful”I’ve been working for a little more than two years as a library administrator, and am awful lot of my work of late has been planning for the future of the Clearview Library District, my workplace home. We’re dreaming hard and big right now about what we want the future of our library community to look […]
Read More Custodians of Magic & WonderI’ve been working lately on some resources related to telling stories about the work that the Badges Team of the New Pathways Initiative has inspired and/or been influenced by. I’ve written some about the team and our work – but not enough. I need to do that more. But what I want to capture right […]
Read More Badges. They’re Still Not What I Thought They Were.I’ve been quiet in this space these last several months. I’m still finding my space and place as a consultant and library person. It’s a great transition – but there are many moments of my work of late that aren’t bloggable, and I’ve remembered that it’s easier, often, to keep quiet than to thread the […]
Read More Losing My PigeonThis morning at PLA, I heard Sherry Turkle speak on her current research into conversation, a continuation of her work on exploring what happens to people mediated by, through and with technology. It was a useful talk – lots of stuff worth remembering in there. I was struck by her emphasis on empathy and […]
Read More #PLA2016: Sherry Turkle and the Power of Conversation