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Don’t Criticize What You Can’t Understand

19 Jan 2023 John Schinker

When I was in school, we weren’t allowed to use calculators. We did our calculations by hand. That included long division, and deriving square roots, and looking up logarithms and trig functions in computation tables. It wasn’t until my senior … Continue reading Don’t Criticize What You Can’t Understand

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Blended Hybrid

17 Aug 2021 John Schinker

Remember 21st Century Skills? Back at the turn of the century, we were all abuzz about the needs of our students as we moved into the new millennium. We knew we had moved from an industrial society to a service … Continue reading Blended Hybrid

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The Starting Point

24 Jul 2021 John Schinker

“I saw student choice. The kids were writing their own songs. It was definitely DOK-4.” We were debriefing an instructional rounds experience after observing a fourth grade music class. The teacher-observer was pretty insistent that this was engaged, student-directed learning … Continue reading The Starting Point

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Evolving History

16 Jul 202116 Jul 2021 John Schinker

In 1607, the first permanent English colony in America was established in Jamestown, Virginia. There are actually two Jamestown colonies, a couple miles apart, and my wife and I visited both of them. The Jamestown Settlement is a living history … Continue reading Evolving History

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Technology Integration

17 May 2021 John Schinker

For the first decade of my career, we talked a lot about “technology integration.” At the time, we knew technology was important. We knew that it would have a dramatic effect on society and the ways in which we interact … Continue reading Technology Integration

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Common Language

7 Feb 2021 John Schinker

We want our students to be problem solvers. We want them to use their critical thinking and innovation skills to combine knowledge across disparate domains to find creative solutions to complex problems. We want them to be collaborative and articulate … Continue reading Common Language

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Impossible

27 Dec 202027 Dec 2020 John Schinker

I can’t believe how far we’ve come. To say that 2020 has been challenging is certainly an understatement. We’ve seen our world upended to an extent that was unfathomable a year ago. I remember that we couldn’t wait to get … Continue reading Impossible

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Our Kodak Moment

29 Nov 2020 John Schinker

Steve Sasson had a brilliant idea. He started with a movie camera lens. He added an array of capacitors, a basic processor, and a cassette tape recorder. After hooking up some batteries, he had the first “portable” digital camera. Sure, … Continue reading Our Kodak Moment

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Attendentes Potentia Est

18 Nov 2020 John Schinker

Francis Bacon is said to have coined the phrase “knowledge is power,” though it doesn’t appear in any of his writings. Thomas Hobbes used the phrase in the mid-1600s, and Thomas Jefferson employed it on several occasions 150 years later. … Continue reading Attendentes Potentia Est

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21st Century Cheating

30 Apr 20177 Feb 2021 John Schinker

There was a social studies test coming up in seventh grade. Jimmy is a conscientious student. He works hard, tries to please his parents and his teachers, and is helpful to others. Jimmy is a 21st century kid. He uses … Continue reading 21st Century Cheating

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College Ready

25 Nov 2016 John Schinker

As the father of a high school senior, I’ve spent some time on college campuses over the last several months. We’ve visited elite private schools, small liberal arts colleges, and large state institutions. We’ve talked to admissions counselors, students, professors, … Continue reading College Ready

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  1. John Schinker on Did I Really Write This?15 Dec 2022

    Here's what ChatGPT generated: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION? The role of technology in education is to…

  2. doowopcity on Ain’t That America?5 Jul 2022

    The last two paragraphs are the opposite of what's happening. In the last three decades, we STOPPED teaching students to…

  3. Ryan Collins (@mr_rcollins) on Unzoomed21 Feb 2022

    The world is moving to remote work, and if we are not preparing our students to be able to communicate,…

  4. Dr. Nina on What Do Grades Mean?29 Jan 2022

    Excellent article! This is so true and so very, very sad: "We have sacrificed fostering a love of learning for…

  5. cathyroderick on Freedom1 Sep 2021

    Perfectly said, as usual.

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