smacking down the Boston Globe

Originally posted May 5 at sleeping alone and starting out earlyIt's too bad the Boston Globe is staying open, because now I have to smack it down big-time for this editorial arguing that we shouldn't standardize and measure achievement on so-called 21st-century skills. The op-ed...

why you should invite me to your next party

(hint: because I will entertain your guests with talk of the social revolution)(cross-posted from sleeping alone and starting out early).I was at a party last week when someone asked me what I do for a living. I used the opportunity to engage in what, in retrospect, may have been...

figuring out "how to go on"

In his paper "Human Action and Social Groups as the Natural Home of Assessment: Thoughts on 21st Century Learning and Assessment," Jim Gee describes what at first glance appears to be two opposing uses of assessment in informal online spaces. As Gee explains,Assessment for most social...