“Embodiment science rejects this presumption of fixity and opens up an exciting new possibility: that schools can be a well-designed epistemic apprenticeship, a training in the learnable and transferable crafts of thinking cogently, critically, creatively, and collaboratively about important matters in their personal, social, and political lives.” (p.10) Every once in a while, I read…
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“When technology works, it’s invisible… No matter how good our computing technologies become, they will never write humans out of the picture altogether.”— p.280 You would be interested in this book if… You are an educator or school leader navigating the rise of generative AI, and want a broader perspective. You want to understand not…
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“In truth, research findings about technology are almost always more nuanced. Admittedly, nuanced findings don’t make for the snappiest headlines.” (p.17) Few topics in education generate more passionate opinions than teenagers and technology – specifically ‘screen time’ and ‘GenAI’. This book focuses on screen time, but much can be applied to our current conversations…
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“True kindness—the kind that communicates with compassion, leads with honesty (not ego), holds people accountable, and creates cultures that build self-esteem—is anything but weak. It is strong. And in school leadership, I promise that it is transformative.” (p.1) When did kindness become confused with weakness? Some of the strongest school leaders I have worked with…
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“Why didn’t people all along see the obvious moral truths—and how could today’s young generation be blind to them anew?” (p.170) As leaders, we are tasked with moral decisions daily—decisions on inclusion, fairness, and evolving cultural norms. Audun Dahl’s Between Fixed and Fickle reminds us that what seems like moral certainty today was often debated…
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“The CAP method helps students to move beyond themselves, engage with others, learn at their own pace, and show what they can do, rather than obsess over what they can’t.”— p.19 You would be interested in this book if… You are designing or leading programming that blends academic depth with student agency, purpose, and connection…
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“Deep down I knew that I was meant to be with him — I wasn’t meant to be a guide dog” Ike ~ p. 127 Some books make you think. Others make you feel. Jason Dorland’s Ike: The Dog that Saved a Human does both — while also offering a deeply vulnerable invitation into the…
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What Could Possibly Go Right?! “Even among AI developers, some believe that future instances of superintelligent AIs could represent an extinction level threat to humanity… As hard as it may be to accurately predict the future, it’s even harder to stop it… That’s because as much as collaboration defines us, competition does too… and that…
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“It’s unnatural and even unhealthy to never experience stress. Stress can give us a positive push. It can tell us about ourselves and our surroundings. We experience stress when we are challenged—and overcoming challenges can be some of the greatest moments in our lives.” — p.11 You would be interested in this book if… (1)…
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Book Review: Free Agent Learning by Julie A. Evans Why Student Agency Should Reshape the Way We Structure School “School is no longer the sole repository of knowledge. Students increasingly have the agency and the means to adopt new self-directed, interest-driven behaviours outside of school.”— Julie A. Evans, p.1 “The voyage of discovery is not…
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