Tag: Design
Even Michael Phelps Has a Coach
I recently saw a really surprising comment from a teacher on a social media discussion board. The teacher said she felt like teachers were the only profession where we have to be “coached.” As if those education reformers think we can’t handle the job on our own. I certainly recognize that coaching doesn’t always “feel” […]
Taming Tensions through Design
This think piece was co-written by Allison Zmuda, Eric Chagala, and myself. It was originally posted on LearningPersonalized.com. While the disruption to school has been difficult, disheartening, and exhausting, there also are flashes of possibility, imagination, and curiosity to design again rather than return to an old design that was built for a different time. […]
Are You Up for a Design Challenge? Wicked Problems for Post-Pandemic School Redesign
This think piece was co-written by Allison Zmuda, Eric Chagala, and myself. It was originally posted on LearningPersonalized.com. The new liberal art of design thinking is turning to the modality of impossibility… what many people call “impossible” may actually only be a limitation of imagination that can be overcome by better design thinking. This is […]