Musings from a Not-So-Master Teacher

Changes in education often occur when there is a convergence of new technology and a shift in the social context. Thus, the Enlightenment ideology coincided with the rise of the nation-state and the Guttenberg Press. The current system of education coincided Read More...

It's a false cliche to say that we learn more from students than they do from us. The reality is that teachers typically teach more than they learn. By the end of the year, I will have taught a student about history, economics geography, how to construct Read More...

While on my bike, I ride past a tagged-up sign. In the foreground is the latest freshest graffiti, supplanting the corporate letters advertising for an incumbent politician. (I can't think of the last time we had an election) It seems a poignant message Read More...

Teachers say they want "cutting edge technology" in their classrooms. They view the latest technology tools as a great cure that will finally transform their mundane teaching experience into a twenty-first century, state-of-the-art facility. Words are Read More...