Our collaboration with The Painted Bride Art Center was a wonderful opportunity for students to design and create thoughtful, sometimes quirky, Field Notes that met the Re-PLACE-ing Project goals of an expanded archive of cultural memory that includes multiple histories. I love their project description — it reads like the guides I write for student projects: [T]his […]Read Post ›
Teenagers have unique perspectives on our city. They exist in a liminal zone, not yet expected to inhabit the adult world, yet beyond childhood. They move around independently, eager to observe and question. My Science Leadership Academy students have a unique opportunity to be a part of the Re-PLACE-ing project, an “expanded archive of cultural memory.” The […]Read Post ›
For me, planning a new class is a mixture of discovery, excitement, and dread. This semester is the first time that I am teaching Storytelling. I struggled to find a way to frame the course and develop units that connect to a larger theme. Ultimately, I was influenced by Rebecca Solnit’s idea that, Language and stories […]Read Post ›
[Cross-posted on Edutopia] I pull up a chair and join a group of students at their table. They’re leaving feedback on each other’s drafts, writing notes about writing that works well along with ideas for improvement. “What type of feedback would be most helpful?” I ask, knowing that if I want to check in with […]Read Post ›
During the past three months my 12th grade students designed their own learning. Each plan culminated with a project. In the fall I wrote about the fear I felt when I began to step back. There is a lot I learned from this process (and I plan to write more about it in the future.) […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 