Tag Archives: teaching

Is There a Difference Between Your Job and Your Work?

I’ve been mulling over the following problem for a while now, and while this idea may still be half-baked, I thought I’d toss it out for commentary and see what you think. Over on Edutopia, Jenifer Fox and I are … Continue reading

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Getting It

Recently, I’ve heard a lot of people saying things like “They just don’t get it,” with a rather, fed-up, exasperated voice, like “There’s nothing you can do to help THOSE folks.  They’re Hopeless.”  I know we’ve also all said this, … Continue reading

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How Great Ideas are Born

I found a new favorite podcast recently- TheRSA.org. The RSA describes itself as: For over 250 years the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for … Continue reading

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Teachers and Mentors

Seth Godin has a great blog post  about two different types of teaching- one that’s all about facts and procedures, and one that’s more about learning to see and solve interesting problems.  This caught my attention, because I’ve been having … Continue reading

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Comments and Commentary

I’ve been having an ongoing discussion with several friends about what keeps them engaged in blogging, podcasting and the like, and why they have shut down some of their older projects or put them on hiatus.   Some folks don;t feel … Continue reading

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