Body Teaches BrainI’ve struggled with clinical anxiety and panic disorder for about fifteen years, though it was likely manifesting itself in various ways…Aug 8, 2021Aug 8, 2021
Copying for Practice or PleasureCopying has a bad reputation, but what about when it helps?Apr 3, 2021Apr 3, 2021
Published inEducate.Low-stakes Testing Is GoodIt helps to be very clear about what we actually seek to achieve by giving someone a test.Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021
Trusting your kids to solve their own problemsMy kids both decided to throw the Frisbee away forever. I said “OK.”Jan 23, 2021Jan 23, 2021
Toward a patient gamerWhat kinds of video games do I want to give to my children? The ones that make them think, not the ones that pretend they will “learn”Jan 20, 2021Jan 20, 2021
On such a winter’s dayBjork, Elsa, and a three-year-old’s discovery of his purple fire powers.Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2020
4 common roadblocks to “virtual school”Most of my work for the past year has been developing techniques, curriculum, and workflows for supporting low-digital-literacy adults…Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020
Lord of the zingsMy son got his hands on a joke book a few weeks ago and read it from cover to cover. He read every joke aloud to me, then explained his…Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
We are grieving. We need to mourn, too.Grief is something you have; mourning is something you do. But it often feels like we aren’t doing anything at all.Aug 27, 20202Aug 27, 20202
What it feels like to flourishHow to flourish in a time better suited for flounderingAug 18, 2020Aug 18, 2020
