Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
Tomorrow begins National Poetry Month 2019. As I’ve done in years past, I’m using the blog to post a prompt a day to help you, but mostly me, spend the month with a few minutes for poetry writing each day. Should you wish to play along, feel free to share what you write – either […]
Read More #NPM2019: Prompt 0My family spent some time today in Mesa Verde National Park. It’s my third or fourth trip here since my parents moved us to Colorado when I was in junior high school. I was excited to be there in part because it’s beautiful, in another part because it’s fascinating history, and in a third part […]
Read More Some Truth Amidst Our TourismI’d never really thought about it, but I didn’t realize until a couple of weeks ago, when Alan Levine said that he’d be in the area and we should meet up, that he and I had never been in the same place at the same time. We know plenty of the same people, we play […]
Read More “Let’s Find Out,” Writes CogdogThis post is a bit dated – found it in the drafts folder, dusted it off, and am sharing it now.. The request hasn’t left my mind since offered a couple of months ago. I ended up have an unexpected visit with a mentor of mine yesterday. It’d been a while since we’d talked and […]
Read More Be Less HesitantJust watch ((via Holli Buchter and Zac Chase)). One Million Faces Lyons Thank You from Peggy Dyer on Vimeo.
Read More “This Is How We Became The Heroes of Our Own Story”The Discovery Center for Make/Hack/Play has rescheduled its flood-delayed grand opening for Monday, October 14th. Hope to see you there! Bring your children and make a morning or early afternoon of it. Here’s a PDF with event specifics: Make Hack Play Grand Opening
Read More Our Little Makerspace That Will (Grand Opening Rescheduled)We’re reading Unmistakable Impact by Jim Knight together as a large team at work. This is the second post in my series on that reading and reflection. Here’s the first post. I highlighted an awful lot of chapter two of this book. The chapter is a focus on partnerships – the necessary criteria for successful ones, […]
Read More PartnershipsYou ever have one of those days where you’re in a hurry to get out the door? Maybe you’re eager to take your son or daughter out on an amazing adventure. You’ve got zoo tickets, or there’s a baseball game, or a carnival or a new museum’s opening. And you’re tight on time, so you’ve […]
Read More Love in a Time of SchoolingI like this description of science very much: Science is really about making models and about playing. Yes, playing. Playing isn’t just for kids, adults just get better toys. Look at the top image. This is a great example of playing. What is the goal of this paper-clip magnet interaction? There is no point except […]
Read More You’ve Just Got to PlayIn a series of posts, of which this is the first, I’d like to try to write my way through my thinking about play and love and culture and how I’ve been exploring those concepts lately. In this post, I will attempt to give some background. Future posts in this series will attempt to move […]
Read More Play Is Hard Work, Part 1