Continuing Progress on that 50,000 Foot Plan

Dear Teachers, My current class on Disruptive Innovation in Education is coming to an end, and to steal a meme from one of my co-workers, I have felt for much of the class. For one thing, I am in general not a particularly disruptive person; for the most part I follow the rules and tryContinue reading “Continuing Progress on that 50,000 Foot Plan”

The 4 Disciplines of Execution

Dear Teachers, I am almost 80% done with my current grad school class, the one that is both helping and vexing me so with my plan to take over the world improve digital literacy through student-created content. My mantra for this course has been “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” because althought the learningContinue reading “The 4 Disciplines of Execution”

The First of 50,000 Steps

Dear Teachers, In my last post I wrote a little about the 50,000 foot plan for digital skills to be addressed better in the curriculum, and for kids to have a hand in that process by becoming content creators. Earlier this week I met with elementary curriculum writers to take the first step in gettingContinue reading “The First of 50,000 Steps”