Over the past few years I've struggled to find colleagues with the right balance of common-interest, personal connection, and willingness to spend out-of-school time nerding out. I made a point of reaching out to a few of my new buddies and we had … [Read more...]
Deeper Learning, Except for Math?
The folks over at Education Week were kind enough to post some of my thoughts on deeper learning and how project based learning can be applied to math. Please check it out! I've also linked some full-resolution versions of the photos … [Read more...]
Mint Manipulatives
This kids are officially tapped out. We've been working on The Long Now project all year and they just put their foot down - they are ready to start with the quad copters. Fair enough. But that leaves me to figure out some final details before next … [Read more...]
My Southern Adventure
Today was a staff day at High Tech High and our staff was doing external observations throughout San Diego. Some faculty went to private schools, some charters, some public. After initially signing up to visit La Jolla Country Day (a very expensive … [Read more...]
I know CNC!
Now that I've got a pretty good handle on all things laser cutting (and now that the laser cutter is becoming obstructively popular), I have been pining for a CNC machine capable of processing full (4' x 8') sheets of plywood. Since a CNC of that … [Read more...]