by admin | May 3, 2019 | Blog
Does STEM scare you? It scared me for a long time. I was that guy who put IKEA furniture together… backwards. When the oil light came on in the old Pontiac 6000 I used to drive, I thought it meant the car needed more gas. And yet recently I have been placed at the...
by admin | May 2, 2019 | Blog
That’s me above- admittedly struggling to let go. I was in the middle of the MakerSpace with one eye on the calendar and the other on the student hammering. I was visibly stressed. The next day a grade 3 class was expecting a visit from the year 6 students my...
by admin | May 2, 2019 | Blog
My new Band Just recently I formed a new band. It’s me and 2 other guys. I’m on keys and vocals. Armando, an amiable, lanky 16 year old kid is on drums, and his pal Mark, a soft spoken protege is on lead guitar. We call ourselves “Generation Gap-”first, both because...
by admin | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog
Date: April 30th, 2019 It’s almost May and I imagine you are counting down the days until the end of the school year. Home stretch isn’t very far away! And while you are counting down the days, I’m also wondering if you have started thinking about growth for next...
by admin | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog
When working with teachers and school leaders new to project- based learning, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is: “How to I come up with the idea for the project?” This single question can cause the greatest amount of stress, anxiety and worry for the...
by admin | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog
So there’s this really famous Ted Talk by Ken Robinson entitled, “Do schools kill Creativity?” I’m sure most of you have seen it. It’s considered to be one of the greatest and most widely viewed Ted Talks of all time. For starters, I...