Learning The Guitar

... or thinking about innovation in education

Hi. I'm Darren.

My Professional Blog: A Difference. 

Thinking About Innovation in Education ...

During revolutions, scientists see new and different things when looking with familiar instruments in places they have looked before. (Kuhn, 1969)

What can I do now that I couldn't do before?

• Links, tags, RSS

• Replicable, Scalable, Sustainable

• Examples: Flat Classroom Project, Room 208 209, Mark Ahlness and the Mighty Writers

My Pedagogical Improvisation ...

My Guitar

First A Demo ...

Pre-Cal 30S (Fall '06) (Grade 11)

Pre-Cal 40S (Winter '07) (Grade 12)

AP Calculus (2006-07) (Grade 12)

My Favourite Riff

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Jamming

Evolving the practice ...

• Chat Boxes
• Feed Windows
• New technologies give rise to new pedagogies ... pictures worth more than 1000 words.
• Give students the tools ... then watch what they do.
• Developing "expert voices."

Ambiance

The object of learning is changing ...

On the first day of class this year I saw all my classes for only 30 minutes each. That was the day my daughter Emilia started grade one. I showed them this video ... a remix I made of the original made by Karl Fisch. (This is the first in Karl's trilogy on the changing nature of education; part 2 is called What If and part 3 is called 2020 Vision.)

Have you read Thomas Kuhn?

A Message from Karl Fisch.

If you're thinking seriously about pedagogy ...

Robert Marzano (A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works (2005); quick summary of main ideas)

How People Learn (1999)

Coming of Age

K12 Online