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Everyone is a Maker: Resources for Educators

There's a new book available it's packed with practical ideas for teachers from teachers: Meaningful Making: Projects and Inspirations for FabLabs and Makerspaces.…

9 years ago

Out and About: Weekend

There's a wonderful walk along the Housatonic in Kent, Connecticut. We were there early enough to have it to ourselves…

9 years ago

School Leadership: Working Together and Birds in Flight

Have you ever seen a ton of starlings or red-wing blackbirds swooping about in unison as if they were in…

10 years ago

Three cheers for EdCamp Hudson Valley

There are lots of reasons to be concerned about the digital revolution and its impact on our lives, the lives…

10 years ago

A Darkling Year or Joy Illimited.

BBC's Radio 4 first tweet for 2014 was a thrush with a bright blue sky background and a quotation from…

11 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

“Knowledge not purchased by the loss of power!”

Children: How will they ever know who they are? The question is the last line of  "The Things we Steal…

14 years ago

Butterfly Waystation

The sixth grade began planning this in science class in the fall when the monarchs stop by PDS on their…

15 years ago

Early One Morning

A bird  the color of a stop sign. High on a tree at the Buttercup Farm Sanctuary.  A scarlet tanager.…

16 years ago

A Winter Walk

This time along the Appalachian Trail by the side of the Housatonic River,  north out of Kent. The snow was…

16 years ago

When will I ever need to know this? Connecting learning to the real world

“What do I need to learn this algebra and geometry and math stuff for?” Connecting learning to the real world…

16 years ago

Transformation

Last week I found this huge moth attached to my back screen door. It was several inches across and a…

16 years ago

Saving Our Children from NDD

I've written on this topic before but this is a wonderful blog post from New Zealand by Bruce Hammonds' Leading and Learning…

16 years ago

The Effort Effect: The Audacity of High Hopes

The effort effect on display at Buttercup Farm Nature Reserve, near Poughkeepsie. See below for a photo of the dam.…

17 years ago