Category Archives: Leadership
What do teachers make? They make us who we are…
You want to know what I make? I make kids wonder, I make them question. I make them criticize. I make them apologize and mean it. I make them write. I make them read, read, read. I make them spell … Continue reading
Filed under STEM Education, Leadership, Teachers
What if we trained our airline pilots like we train our teachers?
” If we trained airline pilots the way we train teachers, we’d give them a 2-year training program behind maybe a simulator, but most of it would be lecture. And then we would give them the hardest plane to fly! … Continue reading
Filed under Leadership, Project Based Learning, Science Education, STEM Education
Throw out the books and get out of the classroom!
This video (a favorite of mine!) does such a great job of illustrating Ken Robinson’s theory that ‘our education system is outdated’. What we are teaching our children is not only hurting their ability to succeed in the future but … Continue reading
Enrich, Design, Engage, and Integrate: 4 (more) Keys to Education Reform through STEM
Two months ago, I began to outline the top 8 implementation models for STEM initiatives that are emerging across the country. Due to time and space constraints, I only got through the top 4. And then, well… life happened! And as many … Continue reading
STEM (and Engineering) Makes a Difference!
The U.S. will have more than 1.2 million job openings in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related occupations by 2018.Yet, there will be a significant shortage of qualified college graduates to fill these careers. For the U.S. to succeed and … Continue reading
8 Keys to Education Reform through STEM
At the beginning of 2011, Learning.com first published a paper of mine, “Integrating STEM through Project Based Learning” and made it available to anyone who requested it through its website. Since its release in January, we’ve received an overwhelming number … Continue reading
7 skills students need for their future
I recently watched a video of Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group, when he presented about what he calls a “global achievement gap”. During the presentation, he outlined the 7 most important skills our students need to … Continue reading
Filed under Innovation, Leadership, STEM Education
Lessons from a Zipline or what I learned from a day in the trees…
“It’s not an obstacle, it’s an opportunity!” A direct quote from one of my colleagues, during a recent offsite meeting I attended with my team. My colleagues and I, made up of business line managers of education technology products, recently … Continue reading
Filed under Innovation, Leadership, Team-Building
