Abstract: Human history is punctuated by the prolific rise and inevitable collapse of civilization after civilization. In this project, students formulated hypotheses for these fluctuations, compared their hypotheses with historical evidence, mapped … [Read more...]
Piracy Based Learning
Overview In the wake of The Apocalypto Project (and the subsequent reflection), my teaching partner and I had a few things on our mind. In our next project, we wanted to: ... do something smaller scale - For our sanity and the sanity of our … [Read more...]
Personnel Management
In the wake of my recent visit to MIT, where I had the pleasure of discussing a great range of education topics, my mind was returning to some familiar organizational struggles. I spent much of my engineering career as an outspoken proponent of … [Read more...]
Lawn Chats @ MIT
Are 3D printers in schools a misguided fad? Is full inclusion a good idea for our students and culture? Are design kits (think Arduino or Lego Mindstorms) a deviation from the core science we want so badly to improve? These are just a few of the … [Read more...]
Seniors2
What is Seniors for Seniors? http://youtu.be/PmaLd3oYFJg Seniors for Seniors is a joint effort between High Tech High and Senior Community Centers that aims to connect two groups that are often very isolated from each other - senior citizens and … [Read more...]