I originally blogged about this  story almost 3 years ago from CBC Spark. It represents so many wonderful ideas about sharing, connectedness and the shifting role of teacher and education. I'm planning to use it in an upcoming presentation but didn't want to simply play the audio. I spend about an hour finding the right footage and photos and created a...

If you want your brain to hurt you might want to listen. If not, go find another way to spend an hour.    Zac Chase and I talk about learning. I don't know if that sounds boring to you but Zac makes me think and challenges me about my learning project and some of the things rummaging around his brain.  Listen...

I promise I won't endure you to any more of my playing. In some ways it's hard to see much project. I think I put in close to 50 hours. I do like the fact that I now can pick up a guitar and make sounds that are not completely random. I know there are many out there who have a loose relationship with a guitar and desire to step up their playing but for many...

I heard of the "10,000 hours to achieve excellence" after reading Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers. A lot of people have invested 10,000 into many things but they don't begin with the intent of devoting that amount of time, it just sort of happens. I ddn't know of anyone who has ever taken the idea and tested the theory to see if it's actually...

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyLx67r6O0M Where's the joy? I'm a bit disappointed to see a lack of joy in my own student's learning projects. It could be my fault, I'm not sure. But for me I find great joy in this learning. I picked my project and love the process. I wish that for my students. Why isn't there joy? Maybe my forcing them...

I apologize in advance. I can't help singing when I play. It's not very pretty but that's the way it is. If it's any consolation, the video is under 5 minutes so there's that. Still having fun, still learning. Here's another 5 of my students that could use your encouragement. Whether you are an expert in any of these, leave a...