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Disconnect[ed]: Avoiding the Zombified-Attention-Span-Black-Hole
Our summer series Disconnect[ed] is a collection of blogs, articles, and videos examining what we’re not doing right with technology in school. Less about what software or hardware a school should be using, Disconnect[ed] examines what constant exposure to media, apps, texting, etc, is doing to the way we think and interact with each other, and what schools can do about it. “I’m returning to the United...
Disconnect[ED]
$5.00. That’s the average expense for my mobile phone per month while living in the Philippines. As you might easily guess, unlike most of my students I don’t have a fancy smartphone. Not that there is anything wrong with iPhones or any of the other various pieces of technology many of us use to “stay connected.” Nowadays, if you’re working at a tech-savvy school you’re expected to know your way...
Need a Job? Invent It.
WHEN Tony Wagner, the Harvard education specialist, describes his job today, he says he’s “a translator between two hostile tribes” — the education world and the business world, the people who teach our kids and the people who give them jobs. Wagner’s argument in his book “Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World” is that our K-12 and college tracks are not consistently “adding the value and teaching...
Universal Tuition Benefits: The Answer to All our Problems?
If you ask any international or independent school educator about the benefits of teaching at their school, you’re likely to hear about free tuition for dependents. Before I had any kids myself I thought little about this benefit for obvious reasons, but also because I’ve taken for granted the relatively great education I received in US public schools. It wasn’t until I started working at a K-12 international...
To Sleep or Not To Sleep
…that is the question. If you spend any amount of time around teenagers, like I do, you’re probably familiar with their ever-present sleepy look. In class, in the hallway, in the library, almost everywhere one looks you’ll see at least one teenager on the verge of falling asleep. When asked why, students will often respond by saying “I was up late doing homework.” Being a teacher I’m familiar with the...
