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Minefaire, YouTubers, and Educators
Minefaire, YouTubers, and Educators
Just wrapped up presenting and attending the first Minefaire event in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Although it’s not an official Minecraft…
Mark Smithivas
Oct 20, 2016
Minecraft Education Edition just launched: initial thoughts
So Microsoft, which recently purchased Mojang, the company behind Minecraft (MC), just released the long awaited fork of the popular…
Mark Smithivas
Jun 12, 2016
Building an Alt-School Ecosystem One Brick at a Time
I’ve been fortunate to have discovered several non-mainstream approaches to education this past year. It’s exciting because in 2015 we now…
Mark Smithivas
Oct 8, 2015
The Maker Movement Creating Framework for New School Paradigm
Charles Tsai’s recent Medium article, The Education of a Revolution, inspired me to muse on the prospects for this approach to change…
Mark Smithivas
Sep 30, 2015
We All Leave
I have been a parent of children in Chicago Public Schools for the past 8 years. Many of those years have been spent in some leadership…
Mark Smithivas
Jun 20, 2015
Here we are on the eve of another school year…
and I’m already tired just thinking about it
Mark Smithivas
Aug 23, 2013
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