Using Passion and Whimsy to Get Past the “Scary” Parts As part of the Constructing Modern Knowledge Summer Institute, we ventured from Manchester, NH to the city of Boston....
Inspiring Inquiry with Beauty and Mystery So much of the writing about learning and teaching through inquiry/ project-based learning/ design thinking/ etc. talks about starting...
Setting Aside Assumptions In explaining design thinking, the IDEO website states: By using design thinking, you make decisions based on what future...
#CMK18 Day 1 Invitation Right from the moment the day began there was an opportunity to be creative. Many supplies were available...
Scrambling to Learn about Micro-Controllers A new perspective is always interesting… It wasn’t nearly as busy as in Tokyo or at Toronto’s “scramble” crossings,...
The End or the Beginning? Less than 2 weeks ago I ran my first 5k race in 2 years. Since it was a little...
A Design Challenge So despite all my other goals, my Cohort21 HMW question and other things I am working on, this happened...
Wait, I Thought I Had A Question After deepening my understanding of Design Thinking last year and tinkering with it in my work with both faculty...
Follow-up on Cohort21 2016-17 In Cohort21 Season 5 2016-17 I explored the question above and I couldn’t be happier with the results so...
Why is it sometimes so hard to do the things we love? Running is something I really enjoy. Back in high school, I ran cross country and I enjoyed hanging...