PinnedMike McGalliardThe Inventor’s Journey“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” — Thomas EdisonJan 26, 2017Jan 26, 2017
Mike McGalliardFrom a movie to a movement: what happened to Caine’s Arcade[The following interview with me as founding executive director of the Imagination Foundation was originally posted as part of the Ashoka…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Mike McGalliardOppositesI’ve always been a big fan of Sophia’s vignettes. (Sophia is my 8 year old daughter.) With varying levels of complexity, she likes to…Jan 29, 2017Jan 29, 2017
Mike McGalliardTinker Tuesdays, Correctness Anxiety and Subtle School DisruptionsChristina Ung teaches fourth grade at Extera Public School in Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles. Her charter school is less than a mile from…Aug 12, 2016Aug 12, 2016
Mike McGalliard“How Come Cockroaches Have Antennas?”Considerations about the value of factual knowledge and the possible future of learningJun 10, 2016Jun 10, 2016
Mike McGalliardThe “Sloppy House” & the Relationship between Fantasy and Reality in a Six Year Old’s HeadThis morning Sophia brought her LEGO to Starbucks. A bit cumbersome but fine because I wanted some uninterrupted reading time. She…Nov 2, 2014Nov 2, 2014