I believe the greatest calling of an educator is to inspire one’s students to want to wonder and learn about things on their own, and to point them in the direction of tools (hardware, software, and mindware) they can use to facilitate their respective (life-long) learning pursuits.  One perception of our responsibility is to prepare the youth under our influence for “the future“. I’ve always considered “the future” to be esoteric at best and completely uncertain and unpredic

love how the DML logo’s line aesthetic fits with mine I’m just thrilled that I was able to attend the Digital Media Lab Conference: “Equity by Design” in LA this weekend. During the conference I had a chance to meet up with old friends and form some new connections as well (fits the theme of connected learning!) People seemed to enjoy my hot pink and black artistic (and I use that term lightly) representation of the presentations and workshops. They are all archived here on m

Last week whilst in San Francisco I had the utmost privilege to sit on a panel with two brilliant gentlemen- David Meckel from California College of the Arts  (who worked with Charles and Ray Eames!), and Z. Mike Wang of the Minerva Project (which has always intrigued me). The event was hosted by San Francisco Design Firm MKThink (their space is unbelievably cool!) and the panel moderated by MKThinker Allan Donnelly. I must say I was a tad apprehensive, because if you know me

I have a confession, and I suspect I’m not alone. I love developing projects and opportunities for my students to create, but I absolutely despise “grading” them. Even worse, I don’t care much for writing rubrics to accompany them. Why? They seem confining and overly prescriptive – the same reason I shy away from lined paper. What I DO love is: * sharing examples as a source of inspiration or critique, *offering feedback throughout the process, and *sharing and celebrating th