2012

The IBM Selectric Typewriter and Kenyon House: “You must have been drunk!”

Cross-posted from Josie's Blog Did you know that Poughkeepsie Day School now has a Fab Lab? It's short for fabrication…

12 years ago

Ready or not, here they come

After more than a year of preparation we’re as ready as we’re going to be.  This Sunday a team of…

12 years ago

Middle School Learning Community

How we took four classrooms and a corridor and created a contemporary learning space for the middle school in the…

12 years ago

The Web of Respect

Cross posted from Josie's Blog It was the spider started it. A noiseless, patient, useful spider had spun a tremendous…

12 years ago

“What do you want to do?”

Today is back-to-school day for the faculty at PDS and today we are launching Project Innovate: Five Teams with a…

12 years ago

Child Education Magazine – a window on the past

On my recent visit to England I came across a small trove of Child Education magazines (published by Evans Brothers…

12 years ago

Change hits Welcome Back to School

This cartoon is making the rounds this morning:  Reminds me of those words often claimed to be either a Chinese…

12 years ago

The One Cool Thing

I had the privilege last week of working with a great bunch of educators at the NYSAIS Think Tank at…

12 years ago

Dr. Yong Zhao at ISTE12

Dr. Yong Zhao addresses ISTE 2012 attendees on the topic of " Global, Creative, and Entrepreneurial: Defining High-Quality Education."

12 years ago

In Memory of Lawnin Robinson Gindele 1926-2011

Lawnin Robinson Gindele - Poughkeepsie Day School parent and trustee. President of the Board 1968-1969

12 years ago

Four Reasons Why Poughkeepsie Day School is Not the Real World

Poughkeepsie Day School – it’s just not the real world. Of course it’s not.  And – thank goodness for that.…

12 years ago

World Class Learners Do More Than Bubble It In

Looking forward to reading Yong Zhao's new book due out soon:  World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students The…

12 years ago

Pulling for Victory

I've been playing with Skitch. Here is one of the first efforts: A heart-felt thanks for the volunteer advocates for…

12 years ago

Learning to Live (then going home for tea)

"So the children of a democracy learn to take their place in the world of tomorrow." The British Council has…

13 years ago

A Gallery

A gallery of recent images.

13 years ago