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Stop Coercing Effort and Creativity From Kids

Published on May 21, 2012 By Tony Baldasaro

The time has come for us to stop grading “effort” and “creativity”.  All too often they are used as lazy fillers in rubrics?  Throwaways really, designed to give kids a chance to earn some points by working hard and creatively. But there are a couple of problems with this thinking.  First, when kids see categories [...]

Honoring Informal Learning

Published on January 31, 2012 By Tony Baldasaro

LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. I’m reaching out today for your help.  I am thinking more and more about how schools honor (or perhaps don’t honor) the type of learning shown in the above video.  (Thanks to Lyn Hilt for sharing this at Educon, BTW.)  The saddest thing about this video is that we [...]

Learning is the Foundation

Published on November 16, 2011 By Tony Baldasaro

I was honored this week to be asked to come present at the Tap into Tools Conference sponsored by  North Country Educational Services.  It was held at perhaps one of the most beautiful resorts in all of New England.  I was lucky enough to arrive Sunday afternoon just as the sun was setting so I [...]

Social Learning Network

Published on August 1, 2011 By Tony Baldasaro

I realize this is ironic seeing where I was just quoted in Will’s new book with the same title, but I really feel like its time for me to retire the phrase “personal learning network” from my lexicon. It was a bit more than two years ago when I made the very real and deliberate [...]