I was recently bundled together with a group of incredible educators to document our thoughts on the future of K12 Education for The EdAdvocate Blog.
Here is my excerpt but I HIGHLY suggest that you go to the article and look through this powerhouse of thought.
Read MoreWhen you think of emerging technologies what emotions comes to mind? Inspiration? Excitement? Sheer pandemonium? During the first few decades of a disruptive technology’s journey into the mainstream, there is no shortage of skepticism, triviality, and outright angst.
Read MoreSaturday evening after the Jewish Sabbath, I turned on my smartphone to a flurry of notifications. While the volume was a bit more than usual, it was the nature of the conversation that really caught me off guard. You see, for the past 5 years I have been heavily engaged in an online education community that might not always agree, but tends to trend on being positive, supportive, and constructive when engaging with other educators in the space. This weekend, however, was a sobering moment where I said to myself, “well, the honeymoon is over”, as I read educators publicly trashing other educators in the name of [insert noble cause here]. So what is the big deal with brand influence’s infiltration into the education world? Are brands and influencers of limits in education? Read More on Medium.com...
Read MoreSo if we are open to shifting our thinking, what is the next step? It lies in a famous quote from Steve Jobs who said “creativity is connecting things”. The ability to connect things lies in how we look at the relationship between people, places, and ideas. It's in how we overcome one of the greatest obstacles to creativity - Functional Fixedness.
Read MoreGrowing up in school I was told that creativity is not a job. Today I make it my job to be creative. I want to help others develop a new way of thinking and strategizing when confronted with challenges. I want to help others to develop high quality solutions to the problems they face. The answers to these problems are not A,B, or C and event something that fills in the ______.
Read MoreWhen I was eight years old living in Southern California, my parents bought a video conferencing system to talk with my grandparents in Philadelphia. To this day I could never figure out how my grandfather, set it up on his end. The mammoth devices used a combination of wires to connect to our house phone and television delivering a blurry 200x100 image of my grandparents whose movement was delayed by 45 seconds as they their voices echoed through the telephone. It was at that moment through a mixture of “Hi Michael” , long pause, and a 45 second delayed handwave,
Read MoreWhen I was eight years old living in Southern California, my parents bought a video conferencing system to talk with my grandparents in Philadelphia. To this day I could never figure out how my grandfather, set it up on his end. The mammoth devices used a combination of wires to connect to our phone line and television, delivering a blurry 200x100 image of my grandparents. It was quite a scene. With a mixture of movement delayed by 45 seconds and their voices echoing through the telephone, I felt as if I was in a 14.4K internet induction program.
Read MoreI believe that school should be about helping students become passionate, thoughtful, and intentional individuals who are capable and driven seekers of knowledge. In short, they want to learn something new everyday and love it. I cannot remember the last time I went a day without learning something new. We live in a new generation where the entire scope of human knowledge fits in your pocket and it's awesome.
Read MoreBlogging is an invaluable tool for expressing ideas, archiving journeys, and engaging with others around topics you're passionate about. Here are 4 Ways Blogging Can Reshape Education.
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