Education in a pandemic: A crisis (and possibly) an opportunity
Last year I was in Israel to present at the Meital Conference. When I was there I was interviewed by Lior Detal, the education correspondent for TheMarker ̵...
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Designing the futures of STEM education
“What knowledge is of most worth?” is a question asked over a 100 years ago by the English philosopher, Herbert Spencer. His unequivocal answer was—science. Thi...
Teenagers, retirement and reflections on the new abnormal
The economist and thinker Andrew Scott once said something that blew me away. He said that: The 20th century created the idea of teenagers and retirement....
Us in Flux: A conversation with Sarah Pinsker
The Center for Science and the Imagination at ASU has a new series called Us in Flux. Every two weeks they publish a (super-short) short story that explores ...
From being to becoming: Keynote by Dr. Shawn Loescher
It is rarely that I hear a talk that blows me away. We have all seen the TED talks, and their mutant offspring. The over-hyped music and catchy taglines; the sp...
Measuring what matters: A convening
All of us involved in social design (and I include education in among those as well) ask ourselves, or are asked this question: How do we measure the impact of ...
Facilitating collaborative design: New publication
Design facilitators play an important role in the open-ended collaborative design process. This becomes even more important as design based approaches expand to...
The value of school: Part 2
Note: This is the second of two posts on the value of school by Kevin Close and Punya Mishra. Read the first post: What value do schools bring? Revisiting Accou...
The value of school: Part 1
Note: This is the first of two posts on the value of school by Punya Mishra & Kevin Close. Read the second post: Revisiting Accountability. What value do sc...
Beware of science envy in designing the future of learning
Mike Crowley has a guest post on the silverlingingforlearning.org site titled: If we need to be right before we move. (If you haven’t read it, I recommend it st...