Everyone loves a good montage. Rocky runs through the streets of Philly.* The Mighty Ducks start working together as a team. Iron Man builds some stuff. Luke trains with Yoda. The climbers make their ascent. The montage sequence is cool. It’s this string of images where people work hard, solve problems, and persist. They’re sweating, […]
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Complicated Isn’t Good
“A complex system, contrary to what people believe, does not require complicated systems and regulations and intricate policies. The simpler, the better. Complications lead to multiplicative chains of unanticipated effects.” Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, p. 11 One of my most helpful weaknesses is that I have a simple mind. I’m […]
PowerSchool Grade Notifications Might Not be Good for Kids
I recently had my students spend the first ten minutes of class playing a review game on Quizlet. While they were doing this, I used the time to input grades from a writing assessment I had just finished marking that morning. The goal was to go over my feedback on their work during the next […]
A Time for Theories
The other night my wife and I came home from a date, and our babysitter was up working on an assignment for school. She’s an undergrad studying to be a teacher. Next year, she starts her student teaching. As she chatted with my wife about how the night had gone, I got distracted by the […]
A Time to Learn
The other night when I came home from work, my children were playing on their bicycles in our driveway. My two youngest daughters, Laura and Marlena, ran up to me as soon as I pulled up. “DadDadDadDadDad! Can you take our training wheels off?” They wanted to learn how to ride their bike on two […]