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I had the privilege of spending 5 days in one of the greatest cities in the world with some of the most innovative educators on the planet. Microsoft hosted over 700 educators from over 75 countries at the annual Global … Continue reading →

I am excited to be preparing for the Global Innovative Educator Forum in Washington DC. Over 700 educators representing over 75 countries will be there to present, observe, teach, learn, share, participate, and judge presentations by some of the most … Continue reading →

In my freshman class, the students have just finished submitting their games that they’ve been working on for over 5 weeks. They each had to pick one of the United Nations Millennium Goals (Hunger, Education, Gender equality, Children health, AIDS, … Continue reading →

I was recently honored to have been part of a team which was selected by fellow innovative educators as the first place finisher for our project ” When Fish Fly”. We are excited to be invited to present this project … Continue reading →

Wow. Microsoft continues to amaze me. Pat Yongpradit along with and the staff at Microsoft, is one of the most innovative teachers in the United States and throughout the world(based on his recognition and award last year in South Africa … Continue reading →

I was honored to have been one of two invited to the MEA forum held in Aqaba, Jordan Sept 7-10. It was 2 1/2 days full of discussions, conversations, sharing, and presentations from innovative teachers and schools from over 20 … Continue reading →

This is one of those topics which is extremely politically incorrect. You risk being stoned to death for even suggesting the things I will here. But, for those people who wish to disagree based solely on habit and tradition, I … Continue reading →

When we design (or re-design) schools, we do not want to work from the top down, we want to work from the bottom up. We want to design curriculum by asking the right questions FIRST. How many classes, how much … Continue reading →

One of the things we as teachers can do to help make our classes as powerful as they can be is to consider varying the way in which we deliver and evaluate our class content, assignments, homework, and projects. Rarely … Continue reading →

The British model of education (by which we are modeled along with the farmers yearly harvest and planting schedule) is a long outdated model that does not really make sense in today’s society. For example, the idea that classes such … Continue reading →