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Some kids spend a decade in the school sports system and learn leadership and management and creativity and analysis. And some learn nothing but how to follow the coach’s instructions and sit on the bench. This has nothing to do with sports (or geography or biology) and everything to do with what we decide we’re…
Learning styles are a myth
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. I hate to break it to you, but the idea of learning styles is a myth. It’s one of those myths that feels so right that it’s hard to believe it’s wrong. I always…
Removing things can also be an improvement
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. Life seems to get more complex every day, and for some things, we only have ourselves to blame. Although the mantras of Less is more and brevity is wit are well known, putting that thinking into action is…
Let’s get dangerous
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. Bill Gates is known as a shrewd businessman, but he is also very smart. Larry Ellison writes in Softwar a story about Bill. Larry and Bill were on the phone in the morning…
Sharing: Coding and math
Coding Can Help With “Math War” In the article Jonathan pushes to make kids doers of math instead of just doing math. The difference focuses more on creating an open ended math environment (Seymour Papert called this Mathland) and less on drill and skill, which unfortunately, is the model our math textbooks follow. I firmly believe…
Open-plan offices are terrible, yet most classrooms mimic the layout
A lot of businesses have moved or are moving to an open plan layout for their office space. This movement is under the assumption that social encounters are more valuable than deep work. However, recent studies have shown that this is not the case. In fact, employees in open plan offices are interrupted more frequently,…