Mountains of Enrichment
When I was in the fifth grade, I was pulled out of my classes and put into a series of classes called “Enrichment”. It was… Read More »Mountains of Enrichment
Concepts & Models
I design open educational programs and participation initiatives here in the 21st Century. Technology is fast moving, and my work requires a good bit of conceptualization and invention to discover ways of empowering lots of people. This category is little bit meta, but the models, concepts and frameworks within are meta-ideas that might make something you’re working on easier. As with many of “my” thoughts and ideas, I must give credit to the inspiring thinkers who have helped me develop these ideas over the years. You know who you are!
Hacktivating Educators
Recently there have been some gentle shifts in the Learning Team at Mozilla. The ebb and flow of changing the world through the educational hacktivism… Read More »Hacktivating Educators
1-Pagers and Contributing
In the course of conceptualizing our modular Hacktivity Kits, we decided to create simple, visual 1-pagers for activities. Here are some prototypes (that are crappily… Read More »1-Pagers and Contributing
The Teacher Dashboard
I read most of this study before writing this post. I didn’t finish reading because I had an idea and am thus babbling about it… Read More »The Teacher Dashboard
The #EdTech “Hysteria”
I read this article “Let’s get to the Bottom of the #Edtech Hysteria” and my thought pattern got all jangle jumbled up. Then I read… Read More »The #EdTech “Hysteria”
Hacktivity Kits and Modular Curriculum
We’re in the process of creating Hacktivity Kits for each of our software tools and for a variety of event types. The kits contain information… Read More »Hacktivity Kits and Modular Curriculum
Responsible Storytelling
The thing is, given the opportunity people do like to be assholes. Especially teenagers. Why, when I was a teenager…irrelevant, nevermind, you don’t want to… Read More »Responsible Storytelling
It’s not *just* Popcorn
I’m really excited about the Popcorn Story Camp coming up this summer. The program planning is coming along nicely, and we’re beginning to make assets… Read More »It’s not *just* Popcorn
Kitchen Table Beta with Adults
On Thursday, I did my first kitchen table beta test with friends (all of them over 30 with limited web skills). I started with a… Read More »Kitchen Table Beta with Adults
the Webmaker and the Meat of my Job Description
At Mozilla we’re working on something we’re calling the Webmaker. It’s a couple of things, but at the base level it’s an underlying, consistent toolset… Read More »the Webmaker and the Meat of my Job Description