[Cross-posted on Edutopia] I remember the first time we put a brush in my then two-year-old daughter’s hand. Perched on the edge of tiny a red chair at her wooden table, she quickly realized she could use the blueberry juice we had placed in a cup to create unique marks on the page. It was […]Read Post ›
[Cross-posted on Edutopia] Learning is a messy process — and authentic, project-based learning immerses us in unique parts of this mess. There are days when my check-ins with students reveal that many young people are lost or unclear about how to proceed with the early stages of a project. “What topic are you going to […]Read Post ›
This is a longer version of a post that I edited down for Edutopia. You can read the full version here or the shorter version there. As part of my family’s summer travels we stayed with some friends who had recently moved into a new house. They discussed wanting to change a light over their table […]Read Post ›
This short documentary, made by isashamedia.com, details the collaboration between the Leah Stein Dance Company and my students at Science Leadership Academy. The site specific performance pieces that they created were part of the Art in the Open Festival, 2012.
(Cross posted at Cooperative Catalyst) The other day, during a rare window of open time, I found myself transfixed by the interview that Krista Tippet did with Seth Godin. When Tippet introduced Godin’s thinking by saying, ”We are invited and stretched in whatever we do to be artists — to create in ways that matter to other people,” […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 