e=encouraging excellence in eclectic education. And more professional development for teachers and better textbooks and tests are insufficient as solutions.
“Teaching all students to think and to be curious is much more than a technical problem for which educators, alone, are accountable. The problem goes much deeper-to the very way we conceive of the purpose and experience of schooling and what we expect our high school graduates to know and be able to do."
-Tony Wagner, The Global Achievement Gap
10/31/2018
Beth Rispoli's latest biz--inspired by her new puppy, Aggie
PupCycled | Responsiby UpCycled Pet Fashion | Pittsburgh PupCycled Pet Apparel is a Pittsburgh based business that designs and creates pet clothing and accessories by UpCycling (recycling and repurposing) used materials.
08/17/2018
Gonna practice my sketch-noting skills. Great idea for visually-oriented learners as the new school year starts ;)
SketchBlog #1: The rise and rise of the sketchnote | ACM Interactions If you’ve been to an HCI conference, workshop, or event recently, chances are you may have seen people sketchnoting—either as part of the main conference organization in the form of visual facilitation, or simply as part of personal practice.
06/05/2018
05/02/2018
8th grade trip to DC! Hard to believe the school year is almost over.
05/01/2018
A great resource for parents, teachers, administrators and anyone wanting to learn more about how to help.
Home - TeenMentalHealth.Org TeenMentalHealth.Org and the UBC Faculty of Education Launch Online Training Course On October 31st, Teenmentalhealth.org and the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia launched the online professional learning program for educators, Bringing Mental Health to Schools: A Curriculu...
04/29/2018
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Inside Nintendo's secretive creative process Nintendo’s ‘conductor’ takes us behind the game giant’s inner workings, how it finds talent and the philosophy that sparks its eccentric ideas
04/19/2018
Last week's obsession in our house. Lots of these laying around. Our cat is delighted :)
04/14/2018
Selling stuff with sis 😻
03/16/2018
Oh good. 😜
My kids sure have a lot of character!
03/14/2018
RIP, Stephen Hawking.