design

Choosing books by the cover

I once worked in a school where the librarian arranged the non-fiction by the color of the spine. It made…

7 years ago

Two Key Tools for Teachers

Tool  #1: Twitter With so much out there it's hard to know where to begin.  But Twitter is by far…

9 years ago

Ride the Tiger: Design the Revolution

I'm looking forward to the NAIS Annual Conference- #naisac15 - this year - assuming of course that Boston can dig…

10 years ago

Design Thinking: The Teapot and How to Brew the Best Cup of Tea

Design thinking - it's everywhere in education. And that's great because problems are everywhere and design thinking offers a way…

11 years ago

Learning by Doing: Think*Make*Improve

I've been playing with a new graphics tool - easel.ly - and this is my first effort. I took the slogan Think*Make*Improve…

11 years ago

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

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 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

Design for Learning and Living

Take a look at the plans for the Athletic fields and for the creation of the Middle School Learning Community…

13 years ago

Learning and Design: “The classroom is obsolete”

The classroom is obsolete: it's time for something new - said Prakash Nair in Education Week. last July. And that’s…

13 years ago

Canstruction

Canstruction:  Art, design, architecture, engineering, construction, philanthropy. It's a great idea and a wonderful project. We made our first foray…

13 years ago

Transformation

We have a new lobby in one of our buildings - the Elizabeth C. Gilkeson Center - and  as you…

13 years ago

Class size and classrooms: What’s best for learners?

What size should classes be? Anyone who has a definitive answer probably has probably bubbled in the answers to all…

13 years ago

Objects of desire

Objectified - a film about the creative process of influential product designers – those people who create the “must have”…

15 years ago

10 Tips for Creating a 21st Century Classroom Experience

Can design help children learn? That's the cover story of in the February Metropolis Magazine lent to me last week…

16 years ago