The hand and the mind

Why schools need a broader perspective on digital literacy and why they need to embrace the Maker Movement

Having worked with educational development and IT in education for over a decade I have…

Firsts.

Why the more we see, the more we suck at seeing.

Getting to start afresh and craft my first post here gave me a quick flashback of all the careless, cringe-provoking first posts I’ve ever done — first Xanga blog (does anyone even remember these?), first…

Makers, Robots and Kids

Kids are in a Constant state of Prototyping

Ever tried. Ever failed. 

Why failure is so important.

“I dont want to fail”, said a teacher in the audience. That reply to a proposal i made during a lecture today sparked a great conversation.

Avoid being the smartest person in the room

Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die. — Tom Clancy

As a child of immigrant parents I grew up seeing my parents struggle to try to ensure we had a better life than…