I’ve heard the terms, and so have you: “21st century teaching” “21st century learning” “21st century workforce” “21st century skills” What hasn’t been labeled “21st century” these days? As so many have already pointed out, we’re more than one decade in. So the adjective, as a representation of forward-thinking, is rapidly losing its relevance. But …
I was alone preparing for a class of kindergarteners in my computer lab - a converted “cafeteria,” about 200 square feet, a hot, sweaty space jammed with computers and tables and chairs- when the librarian’s assistant walked into my room and said, “One of the World Trade Center towers just collapsed.” Valerie was a wonderful colleague, a world …
When my mother talks about her childhood in Korea, she often recounts stories that seem, while not exactly typical by US standards, at least not really out of the ordinary. Falling off her bicycle while learning to ride, and my overprotective grandfather then forbidding her from ever riding again. Visiting a family-owned candy factory in …
This post originally appeared in a slightly modified form at NWP Connect. I’ve known New York City Writing Project teacher-consultant Paul Allison for almost as long as I’ve been part of the writing project. And in all those years, he has never ceased to amaze me as he pokes and prods and stretches – sometimes to …