Tuesday’s Globe announced with great fanfare that textbook publishers had contracted with Apple to load texts on the iPad. The title of the article, The Future is at Hand, implies some sort of learning revolution. [...]
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There is No Magic Bullet
As I was catching up on a few blogs that I follow, I found this particular post from EDTECH on the value (or in the author’s opinion, non-value) of the Khan Academy concept. The author [...]
Stress at Beaver
In recent years there has been increasing talk about stress and high school students (Race to Nowhere is still a big draw), and how schools should respond. So what do I think schools need to [...]
Beaver at TechCrunch Disrupt
A few weeks ago I traveled to San Francisco to take in 2 days of the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. TechCrunch is an online technology news and analysis site focusing on startup companies and their products. [...]
Where Do Innovative Organizations Get New Ideas?
As Beaver makes plans around program and pedagogy, I am often asked “Have you looked at what other schools are doing?” We do, but that strategy by itself produces limited impact. Looking at what other [...]
Back to School at Beaver!
Opening Assembly message to students and faculty. Welcome to our 90th school year. And a special welcome to our Class of 2012! Today is exciting for so many reasons: 451 students, minus those over [...]
TEDx and The Importance of Being Awesome
Fresh from a few days off, I return resolving to be a more frequent blogger. I’ll start with talking about my recent experience at TEDx Boston where I took in the day long conference from [...]
Beaver Science Wing to Undergo Major Renovation
When students return from summer break for the 2011-2012 school year they will be occupying the most forward-thinking science facilities in the area. Science is changing rapidly and science education must change as well. The [...]
The New Basics: Teaching Creativity & Innovation
A recent Newsweek article entitled “The Creativity Crisis” (July 10, 2010) reported that while IQ scores increase at the same rate each generation, CQ (creativity quotient) scores have been falling since 1990. While I don’t [...]
Announcing NuVu Program for Beaver Students
I am pleased announce an exciting opportunity for our upper school students to participate in an innovative program at the MIT campus for one trimester, beginning in Fall 2010. Since last November, we have been [...]
