Dream School

Dear Will, You know better than anyone that I am an optimist. I truly do see possibilities more than problems. Well, I woke up this morning feeling empty. I woke up grieving for children. I blame it on a dream I had. A dream about unhappy students, hundreds of them, shuffling through halls with broken [...]

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Disconnect: Common Core, Content, and Context

Cross posted from Conversations from the Edge Series Conversations from the Edge is a series of raw, honest and candid dialogues about education’s shifting learning landscape. Hosted by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson. Dear Will, I have been thinking a lot about standards, Common Core, and the dynamic tension education is experiencing between content and [...]

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Educon: Diversifying Your Rolodex

I recently held a breakout session at Educon on the lack of gender diversity in the ed tech space. The session was well attended by both men and women who came together to discuss the topic from an appreciative perspective. Conversation Description: Pull up the list of keynotes, speaker spotlights and panelists for any edtech [...]

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