Putting Together a Design Class in a IB World School (Part 2)

Screen Capture from – https://goo.gl/VoUfRT [NOTE: Originally written a week ago] “So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it. Thank you.” Willy Wonka.  Right now I’m feeling like a cross between the Scarecrow ( giving directions in OZ) and Willy Wonka these days. One minute I’m heading one […]

Putting Together a Design Class in an IB World School (Part 1)

http://goo.gl/Tgxu4X Well, that title should get some good SEO Google Juice. But I didn’t write it for SEO reasons – it’s what I’ve been doing today, and yesterday…and the day before that…. In an earlier post I stated that I would be updating my preparations for the school year. Well, that didn’t happen. But now […]

So I’m Going to Teach This Computer Science Class

http://goo.gl/BL0lkk On Friday I had a chance to talk with my new principal. If you haven’t heard about that feel free to get caught up with my earlier post. During my initial interview (with The Head of School and the Secondary Principal) I was informed that they really wanted someone who was able to teach […]

Exploring Design Thinking as a PBL Guy

Via Eric White This week I will be meeting with other BIE National Faculty (NF) members at our annual Spring Summit. For the summit we have broken into Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) and I am with the Design Thinking (dt) group. We will be sharing with the other NF and we are looking at how […]

Getting My Head Around Design Thinking

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cowgummy/ As someone who has been teaching “at the tip of the spear” for the last four years, in a PBL school that is considered innovative by conservative education standards, I know that telling people that I feel that I am still teaching in the past will make people shake their heads. In 1992, I […]