by Whitney | Nov 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
There has been a lot said about Common Core and it has become a political football for folks regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum. Coming off a political campaign, I got to see how issues like this get used as a proxy for many other ideas, and the...
by Whitney | Jan 6, 2011 | business, community, economics, education, social media
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 managing a group on Personalized Learning...
by Whitney | Dec 10, 2010 | business, community, education
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...
by Whitney | Nov 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
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 social progress. Our...
by Whitney | Jul 14, 2010 | books, community, education
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 alot of...
