by edtosavetheworld | Jul 23, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
“The best way to understand circles is to reinvent the wheel.” Nicholas Negroponte, Founder MIT Media Lab My thinking about the purpose of academic subjects has evolved quite a bit over the last decade. Even the use of the word...
by edtosavetheworld | May 22, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
For many students, the first word that comes to mind when you ask them about history class is “BORING!” They will complain that history is about thousands of names and dates that they are required to memorize “just ’cause.” In fact, even...
by edtosavetheworld | May 20, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Imagine the following classroom assignment: Explain the causes and impacts of the Great Influenza outbreak of 1918 If we want to save the world, we need to learn to prevent (or at least very effectively treat) pandemics like this, right? We can imagine that studying...
