What's Possible Education LLC

12/21/2018

Another fantastic day spent teaching model unplugged coding lessons! This time we had the pleasure of working with the awesome students and teachers at Independence Elementary School. Excellent thinking and engagement the day before Christmas break!

12/04/2018

Watching this video might be the most important ten minutes you spend today. All students need the opportunity to study coding and computer science. Our future depends on it.

Code.org founder and CEO Hadi Partovi addressed international ministers and leaders at the 2018 G20 Education Ministerial Meeting in Argentina about the impo...

12/01/2018

Excellent article on how making and makerspaces support what we know about brain development, growth mindset and student engagement .

Neuroscience provides excellent reasons for supporting making and makerspaces, and can help guide educators offering these exciting opportunities for our students.

11/27/2018

Spent a great day teaching model coding lessons for all K-8 students and teachers at the Saints Peter and Paul School in Independence, WI. Awesome student engagement and critical thinking as part of celebrating !

11/18/2018

Spent a great day serving as volunteer judges for the Vex IQ competition at Southland High School in Adams, Minnesota. 14 energetic teams of elementary and middle school students collaborated, iterated, and competed at this amazing event!

11/11/2018

Terrific reminder about the importance of growth mindset language and the power of self-talk.

A great visual to help learners of all ages think about coaching themselves.

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09/24/2018

Terrific morning working with the highly engaged Blair-Taylor School District faculty on collaboration and growth mindset using design and build, coded reading and visible thinking strategies!

09/05/2018

"Surround yourself with good people" is sound advice from Cult of Pedagogy. Inspired by J. Gonzalez's "Find Your Marigold," below is a corollary to her piece. "Be A Marigold: Essential Advice for the Veteran Teacher." Wishing colleagues US and internationally the best year yet!

“Be A Marigold” is a corollary post to Find Your Marigold: The One Essential Rule for New Teachers by Jennifer Gonzalez. Gonzalez uses the nature of the marigold as a metaphor. Here’s a quick summary of the article in 95 words:

08/14/2018

Another excellent day of STEM professional learning this time with codekitty.org ! Be sure to check out this terrific non-profit and their low cost robotics kits.

08/13/2018

Spent a productive day of professional learning exploring all that Code.org has to offer. Looking forward to sharing these awesome resources with other educators and students!

07/11/2018

Day 3 - Spent part of today discovering how to deepen thinking in the maker centered classroom using the Parts, Purposes and Complexities visible thinking routine with the awesome Lyme School teachers.

07/11/2018

Day 2 is in the books! Lyme School students and teachers practiced using design thinking to create games for each other. Such an enthusiastic community of learners!