A Space for Learning- Whatever Happened to New Math, anyway? March 31, 2018Whatever happened to “New Math?” I remember eighth grade because it was the year that America rolled out a new approach to learning called New Math. It was an epic failure in my small, mostly rural school. Why? It wasn’t “normal” math. … Continue reading →pamelamoran
- When A New Year Begins: Reflections on the Past January 1, 2018It’s interesting that we mark the beginning of a new year just after the moment in time of the longest day of the year and the beginning of winter. I always think of new as being that which occurs in … Continue reading →pamelamoran
- The Phygitals have Arrived — A Generation for this Century October 16, 2017The phygital generation or Gen Z finds manipulating virtual reality paddles or headsets, entering an AR world, snap chatting with a friend, or posting an IG story as comfortable as playing a game of soccer under a lighted night, dancing … Continue reading →pamelamoran
- When Kids Make July 24, 2017They think .. ask questions .. try out ideas They design .. and create They figure out solutions .. and then construct them They work together .. and sometimes alone They code .. and make things work They share ideas .. … Continue reading →pamelamoran
- Habitable Worlds of Learning June 24, 2017I watched the Paralympics held in Rio last summer and I was both amazed and inspired by the drive, resilience, passion, and accomplishment of people we label as disabled but who, in many cases, can athletically outperform the average person … Continue reading →pamelamoran
- Becoming Educated: More Questions Than Answers May 12, 2017What if we were designing learning spaces where kids would develop and sustain personal understanding? Empathy? Collaborative competencies? Social-emotional learning? (Creating collective social efficacy in a school community) What if thinking in every way possible — collaborative, creative, logical, analytical, effectual, entrepreneurial — became … Continue […]pamelamoran
- Thinking Beyond the School Box: Inspired Architecture + Contemporary Learning January 16, 2017I recently visited our newest multi-age space redesign in a small rural elementary school. When we began the process to modernize this school, we knew we had to design and build new space from the inside out. The school had … Continue reading →pamelamoran
- The Last Lesson Plan: On Losing a Teacher December 8, 2016What lesson plan would you want written in your memory by your school community? That question was framed for me in the most recent of many losses of a school community member across my career. If you work as an … Continue reading →pamelamoran
- Beyond the Sky: Imagine That! November 20, 2016When learners get access to opportunities that allow them to pursue interests, find their learning passions, and develop agency, voice, and influence, we change the impossibilities of school as we have known it to possibilities that we have only dreamed. Continue reading →pamelamoran
- Searching for Frankl’s Meaning: The Decent and the Principled, How we Define Who We Are as Individuals, Communities, a Nation September 19, 2016In life, everyone experiences regrets. Daniel Pink reported a study on what constitutes the greatest source of regrets that we Americans experience- loves lost or perhaps never found, career disappointments or paths not chosen, in-actions rather than actions taken. A … Continue reading →pamelamoran
- Whatever Happened to New Math, anyway? March 31, 2018
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On Patience and Empathy
I remember a day many years past when a teacher boiled over with frustration with a six- year-old child who routinely sneaked snacks from other children’s lunch boxes. The kids were angry. So was the teacher. She’d tried a variety … Continue reading
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