Ideas, like viruses, come to infect our thinking. Of some, we are never cured. This post describes one I will suffer gloriously until I die….
Category Archives: Education
The Most Amazing Day(s): Teaching as Experience Design
For the past few days, ever since inNOVAtion Lab’s phenomenal trip to Corbett Inc.’s Fluxspace, I’ve been trying to figure out what has been happening in class. The trip to Flux was a highlight of a very young year, and it comes on the heels of another highlight, our trip to the B.Phl Innovation Festival Continue reading “The Most Amazing Day(s): Teaching as Experience Design”
When a Plan Comes Together
Since Phil Holcombe’s Monday discussion with our classes on the value and methods of branding, we’ve been discovering the common signals that seem to emanate from the documents we’ve explored about this class and others like it. Today we got to the point where the two classes had (as smaller groups) defined their common signalsContinue reading “When a Plan Comes Together”
Philadelphia Tech Elevator
Wondering if Coding is for you? Want to know if you have the calculatory “chops” to crank out C++, Java, and other languages? Check out the Philadelphia Tech Elevator, a coding bootcamp that might set you up for a future of coding and creating a better world…virtually speaking. They have a free aptitude test andContinue reading “Philadelphia Tech Elevator”
NOVA Lab–Procedural Info: Grading
Many of you know that I have been shifting, slowly and imperfectly, from using grades (a habit born of . . . oh . . . a lifetime of being graded, earning grades, needing the approval of others, and, of course, “giving grades.” For years I played that game, and I was (am) GOOD atContinue reading “NOVA Lab–Procedural Info: Grading”
