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This Weird Animal Was Spotted Entering a Classroom

This Weird Animal Was Spotted Entering a Classroom

Published on February 9, 2015 | Leave a response

In fact, this weird animal, the “poll-parrot” enters classrooms across America every day. Poll-parrot is the first described stage in… read more

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Autodidacts Unite! Poll-parrot, Pert, and Poetic

Autodidacts Unite! Poll-parrot, Pert, and Poetic

Published on February 9, 2015 | Leave a response

In the first half of the twentieth century, Dorothy Sayers wrote an essay well-known in education. Familiarize yourself with her… read more

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The Six Types of High School Teachers Who Succeed

The Six Types of High School Teachers Who Succeed

Published on February 3, 2015 | Leave a response

Failure to launch is way too pervasive in the education field. Among those who succeed as high school teachers, I… read more

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Autodidacts Unite! The Enneagram

Autodidacts Unite! The Enneagram

Published on February 3, 2015 | Leave a response

While writing about the six types of high school teachers, I was reminded of the enneagram, an ancient-modern method of… read more

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Facebook and Twitter Are Made Out of Kardashians and Jihad

Published on January 26, 2015 | Leave a response

Social media is making all of our lives simultaneously more meaningful and more empty. For every deep thought on our… read more

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Autodidacts Unite! How Do You Make a Social Network Work?

Autodidacts Unite! How Do You Make a Social Network Work?

Published on January 26, 2015 | Leave a response

Social networks have had a global impact: they are changing the nature of human society. Will their impact be lasting?… read more

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Will the Justice of Today Become the Injustice of Tomorrow?

Will the Justice of Today Become the Injustice of Tomorrow?

Published on January 19, 2015 | Leave a response

At one time, London was full of urchins. Not the wet, salty kind. The runny-nosed, dressed-in-rags kind that yells, “Oy,… read more

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Autodidacts Unite! Can History Make News?

Published on January 19, 2015 | Leave a response

The history department of George Mason university thinks so, and they provide a valuable service to the public with a… read more

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This 11-Year-Old Boy Saved Hundreds of People from Slavery

Published on January 12, 2015 | Leave a response

What do you do when someone withholds chili from you? Although you might get hangry, you probably won’t start a… read more

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Autodidacts Unite! The 'S' Word

Autodidacts Unite! The ‘S’ Word

Published on January 12, 2015 | Leave a response

What do you think the ‘s’ word is? I once heard a third grader say this, “You said the ‘s’ word!”… read more

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Luxocracy: Can This One Weird Word Save Our Future?

Luxocracy: Can This One Weird Word Save Our Future?

Published on January 5, 2015 | Leave a response

Meritocracy is the best of human paradigms yet discovered, which has allowed millions to live a more fulfilling life and… read more

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Autodidacts Unite! Witness Ra Paulette, the Cave Digger

Video published on January 5, 2015 | Permalink | Leave a response
Give Them a Reason to Reason

Give Them a Reason to Reason

Published on March 5, 2014 | Leave a response

Computers, on balance, are a social good, but there are things that have been invented to fleece people by exploiting… read more

Posted in: philosophy of education
Plano ISD's Daring New Tech High School

Plano ISD’s Daring New Tech High School

Published on November 14, 2013 | Leave a response

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What I Found in The Attic

Published on September 29, 2013 | Leave a response

Last year, I took a learning trip to Seattle on my Spring Break. In March, while kids in Texas are… read more

Posted in: alternative education
Tagged:
education, educational philosophy, iBlog, school, Seattle
Thinking inside the box

Thinking inside the box

Published on August 10, 2012 | Leave a response

When my student’s classroom laptop died during class, we decided to take a look at it after school. Why not?… read more

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Ojective mastery

Ojective mastery

Published on August 10, 2012 | 1 Response

From Wikipedia: “Mastery learning has little to do with specific content, but rather is a description of the process of… read more

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objectives
About Thomas

About Thomas

Published on August 10, 2012 | Leave a response

Thomas P. Davenport is a technology teacher. Raised in Plano, TX, he was in one of the first elementary classrooms, in… read more

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me-me-me...
Can you make a difference?

Can you make a difference?

Published on August 7, 2012 | Leave a response

Summit kids organized a food drive to benefit local families. Thanks to our super student organizers and a generous parent… read more

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collaboration, parents, projects, volunteers
Classroom Skype session with young emancipation activist

Classroom Skype session with young emancipation activist

Published on August 7, 2012 | Leave a response

Summit students Skype with Tyler Page. In 2007, at the age of ten, a boy in Brentwood, California watched a… read more

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projects, technology, volunteers
Great classroom poster(s)

Great classroom poster(s)

Published on August 6, 2012 | Leave a response

Teacher Krissy Venosdale creates great inspirational posters for her classroom. In particular, I love the poster linked at the end… read more

Posted in: iBlog, Teaching
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teachers
Futurism and the future of the internet

Futurism and the future of the internet

Published on August 6, 2012 | Leave a response

Cory Doctorow, from BoingBoing.net, spoke at UTA last fall. It was one of many really great lectures that I’ve attended… read more

Posted in: Technology
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computer, technology
Why connections count

Why connections count

Published on August 6, 2012 | Leave a response

Yes, that’s right. Santa, Mrs. Clause AND the head elf visit me at home – in my own house –… read more

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me-me-me...
iBlog

iBlog

Published on August 5, 2012 | Leave a response

So, it’s August and school is in session. Soon, I embark on a new journey in teaching; a professional development… read more

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me-me-me...
Adventures in learning

Adventures in learning

Published on August 5, 2012 | Leave a response

When I moved back to my home town after college, my first steady work was as a technology specialist. It… read more

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me-me-me...
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