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The Learning Project
It's been said and discussed often here and many places that a real shift for educators is moving from teacher to learner. Not so much moving, we still need teachers, expertise matters but until we...
View ArticleGuitar Lesson 2
It's been 2 weeks since I started my learning project. I've got a few students who are already off and running. Cole is going to tackle Japanese, Dan wants to make sushi and Nicole wants to crochet to...
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Guitar Lesson 3
I'm not sure why I'm calling these lessons, since they really aren't anything more than me reflecting and updating my progress. I don't think it shows much on the video but I feel decent about my...
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Guitar Lesson 4
These updates really serve two purposes. One is for me. Like the before picture when you go on a diet, these videos will one day serve to remind me just how brutal I once was. I have no illusions of...
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I missed last week so that's my excuse for an 8 minute video. I have no illusions that anyone will watch these. They are more for my learning and modeling than anything else. That said, I could do...
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Guitar Lesson 6
This video showcases a new little strumming drill I learned as well as highlight some others diving into a musical learning project. Shannon Smith Alan Levine Bryan Jackson If you want to...
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I apologize in advance. I can't help singing when I play. It's not very pretty but that's the way it is. If it's any consolation, the video is under 5 minutes so there's that. Still having fun, still...
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please install flash Where's the joy? I'm a bit disappointed to see a lack of joy in my own student's learning projects. It could be my fault, I'm not sure. But for me I find great joy in this...
View ArticleThe Dan Plan
I heard of the "10,000 hours to achieve excellence" after reading Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers. A lot of people have invested 10,000 into many things but they don't begin with the intent of devoting...
View ArticleGuitar Lesson 9: Sometimes Good Enough is Good Enough
I promise I won't endure you to any more of my playing. In some ways it's hard to see much project. I think I put in close to 50 hours. I do like the fact that I now can pick up a guitar and make...
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Podcast 52: Me and Zac
If you want your brain to hurt you might want to listen. If not, go find another way to spend an hour. Zac Chase and I talk about learning. I don't know if that sounds boring to you but Zac makes me...
View ArticleThe Ukulele Project Remixed
I originally blogged about this story almost 3 years ago from CBC Spark. It represents so many wonderful ideas about sharing, connectedness and the shifting role of teacher and education. I'm planning...
View ArticleThe difference between Khan and Austin
I get it. Will is has a point about the Khanifcation of Education. But as I expressed, …after watching a few and even knowing one of them, Paul Andersen, I was under the impression that most of these...
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This Is All We Know So Far
I’ve had many opportunities to share my views and practices around assessment with a particular focus on how we use technology but also shift the conversation towards grading and more on documentation...
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