Influencing Change: The Edgewood Makerspace Project

  Overview Research overwhelmingly shows that the way we often teach students is completely wrong for the way students learn, and can sometimes be detrimental to student achievement by removing their agency in learning.  Ask any teacher and you will most likely find that the current hyper-focus on testing and packaged curricula isn’t really working for anyone — students […]

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Start With Why

Getting people to support your idea can be a difficult process.  Having that support, however, is key to getting your project off the ground.  But once it’s off the ground, you need it to fly.  That’s why you can’t just sell your idea to other people, and get their support — you have to inspire […]

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My Constructivist Art Class

     When most people think of an art classroom, they usually think of cookie-cutter art projects, most likely pulled from Pinterest, where each students’ project looks just like the others because the teacher led students step-by-step through the process.  While these projects make nice, uniform bulletin board displays for the hallways, this type of […]

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