Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesAre children keen to learn even when they have no schools? How can we teach empathy and self-control? This guest post looks at hunter-gatherer societies and gives us a glimpse into an approach to education and interaction that is different … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat do you think of having a summer “off”? Do you think kids suffer from being away from school for 2 months in the summer? I think it is essential. I worry about what we lose when kids don’t have … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a really great list: 30 Things To Tell Students You’ll Never See Again. Print this out and put it up on a wall somewhere where you’ll see it often. Read it every day. Seriously. 30 Things To Tell Students … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesWe are having a conversation on one of the lists I’m on about the use of technology in the classroom. A colleague of mine who is not really in favor of tech in schools said that tools do not make … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIs Rabbit the New Ethical Meat? — Vogue Rabbits make sense as a meat on so many levels. I think it’s time to start an urban rabbit movement. “Meals that are at once ecologically and gastronomically intelligent are much on … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are ways to reduce livestock losses that are both better and cheaper than killing coyotes. They include: Livestock Guardians (like my friend Odin here) and good fencing. Hard to believe, but it’s cheaper than killing coyotes. Ending America’s War … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been working on my talk for the EdTechTeam Calgary Summit featuring Google for Education (#gafesummit) and I’ve had a couple of AHA moments regarding gamification. I hate feeling like I’m being manipulated – and this seems to be a … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe end of an era. Ray, hatched April 1997 – lived till July 31 2014. Ray taught me an incredible amount about resilience and learning – and that you really can teach an old duck new tricks. He became … Continue reading