imagination

I am not a fan of Halloween

I am not a fan of Halloween. There - I've said it! What a killjoy, spoil sport, and miserable curmudgeon! Ok…

9 years ago

Creatives v. The Rest Of Us

I like the work of the RSA very much and enjoy their articles, posts and animations. But their continued use of…

11 years ago

Lock-step learning is not (learning)

Award winning social studies teacher Ron Maggiano is leaving his job. And this is why: Our classrooms have become intellectual…

11 years ago

The Perils of EdSpeak: Play in Danger

As a follow-up to my post The Perils of Education I was preparing a piece on play.  My chief concern…

12 years ago

Middle School Imagination Day

Middle School Imagination Day 2012: Everything from Arabic to origami - thirty middle school students sharing their expertise and teaching…

13 years ago

The Possible’s Slow Fuse

Wisdom and inspiration from Emily Dickinson: The gleam of an heroic Act Such strange illumination The Possible's slow fuse is…

14 years ago

Slow Food, Slow School: John Cleese and the Promise of the Tortoise Brain

There's a slow food movement so why not a slow mind movement? Some years ago Guy Claxton wrote Hare Brain,…

16 years ago

Kids Know Things

Solar panels, wind turbines, solid waste fuel, electronic generators and all manner of imaginative and greener ways to power cars,…

16 years ago