Thought Provokers

Not that any of you have much 'extra' time, but if you do run across some extra time (and the blog does work on iPhones and Androids so waiting for your appointment or daughter's game is 'extra' time), please read one or more of the articles we post here.

If you run across a "Thought Provoker," send it my way and I'll add it.

Enjoy. :-)  DB

A Practical Action Plan for Transforming Education - Walter McKenzie proposed his practical plan, but not an easy plan. He states there are many institutional and financial forces in play that will oppose this plan...and that, in and of itself, is a good indicator that the plan is on the right track.

From What Students Need to Learn (Pages 28-33)  A Diploma Worth Having, by Grant Wiggins - There's only one valid measure of the high school curriculum: How well does it prepare students for their adult lives?


Sixty Ways to Make Life Simple.  Easy steps.  I need to personally begin a few of them today.  :-)







The Virtual Choir - 2000+ voices strong!

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 2.0, 'Sleep' from Eric Whitacre on Vimeo.



Change your words.



Think "can't" is a word? Maybe this video will make you think otherwise... (based on a true story)



Do you have what it takes....

It is all about the attitude.  You choose your day. Not me. Not the kids. Not the weather.  Believe Jessica when she says, "I can do anything good!"


Public education's need to change...or so Sir Ken Robinson tries to prove.  RSA Animate provides a much more interesting way to watch the lecture too.