Watch this.  Okay, so that makes should make you think. Here's what I'm thinking. I wrote this piece for the Huffington Post last year and so you don't' have to read the whole thing here's where that post relates to the video above. Our current system and structure fights personalized learning with nearly every new policy and protocol it...

    I'm not sure why I'm calling these lessons, since they really aren't anything more than me reflecting and updating my progress. I don't think it shows much on the video but I feel decent about my progress. Certainly it's not like the rapid and immediate feedback of a video game but I'm hearing songs in my head. I really have to...

It's been 2 weeks since I started my learning project. I've got a few students who are already off and running. Cole is going to tackle Japanese, Dan wants to make sushi and Nicole wants to crochet to name three. With 21 students, I'm curious to see where their learning takes them.  As per usual, when I come up with an idea, I don't always have...

    It's been said and discussed often here and many places that a real shift for educators is moving from teacher to learner. Not so much moving, we still need teachers, expertise matters but until we see ourselves as learners and intentionally show are students we can't be the educator our students need us to be.  Last week I began my ECMP...

Cross posted at Education Debate I’ve been a strong advocate for shifting school’s narrow focus of writing to include more contemporary forms like video. It’s clear this skill is going to be essential for our students to communicate in a YouTube world.   Two years ago I wrote a post about the Best Job in the World. My argument centered around...

I've had the privilege of spending a few days in Shelley Wright's Classroom.  Her blog has been a breath of fresh air this year as she has been taking some major steps in changing her classroom.  Watching her students and her interact and find their way was not necessarily a smooth and perfect transition. She would be the first to admit there's...