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What to tell kids about Stephen Hawking
What to tell kids about Stephen Hawking
Newly added: video version!
Ben Wheeler
Mar 14, 2018
How the Tao’s concept of “unlearning” makes me a better teacher
How the Tao’s concept of “unlearning” makes me a better teacher
Poems from the Tao Te Ching that I use in my work with kids
Ben Wheeler
May 14, 2018
Why parents should be worried about Facebook
Why parents should be worried about Facebook
It’s not because of privacy. It’s not even because of Facebook.
Ben Wheeler
Apr 13, 2018
Why you might love Cory Doctorow’s sci-fi writing
And why you might hate it
Ben Wheeler
Oct 17, 2016
School as bricolage: a response to Matt Candler’s “OS” proposal
At the 4.0 Schools community summit in New Orleans last week, 4.0 founder Matt Candler gave a presentation where he articulated a vision of…
Ben Wheeler
Jan 28, 2016
The Maker’s Pledge
The Maker’s Pledge
a proposal for what it is about being a maker that is worth fighting for
Ben Wheeler
Sep 19, 2015
We need to change how we teach kids to program
We need to change how we teach kids to program
This is the essay I wrote for my application to Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.
Ben Wheeler
Nov 9, 2021
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