Education
Baby, bathwater, freshwater
Joe Bower teaches in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. And he is on a personal mission. His blog For the Love…
“Playing games makes your child clever”
A must read article from the Times of London. Playing Games Makes Your Child Clever
Finland and Education Success
A video from BBC News about the world's latest favorite education destination: Finland
Digital literacy across the curriculum
It's not about the tools and the testing, it's about the learning and the thinking. Digital literacy is an important…
The fire within
"To succeed...it's the fire within that must be lit." Purpose, mastery, autonomy (mission not money as motivation.) Watch the video…
Math Curriculum Makeover: Be less helpful
Math makes sense of the world: Here's math teacher Dan Meyer speaking at the TEDxNYED conference in March.
Failing is essential
The ratio between success and failure remains pretty constant. To succeed means we must fail. And the more often we…
Childhood has Changed: Playtime is Over
Here's an article to read by David Elkind in the NYTimes Playtime is Over It's an important topic. It's an…
“The death of education as we know it may be the birth of learning as we need it”
I’m more than a bit late with my NAIS annual conference round up but then …excuses, excuses…what with returning to…
Here they come…National Standards
National Standards kindergarten through 12th grade are on their way. At PDS we are looking forward to taking a good…