What Are the Possibilities
June 17th, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Culture-Structure, Education, School
Clay Shirky’s talk on “Cognitive Surplus” challenged my views on people watching loads of television. Brad Rourke brought my attention to this talk. Shirky’s idea is that television is an outlet for more brain capacity than society can effectively put to use. I recommend watching his entire 15 minute talk. I’m guilty, in my youth, of being a TV watcher. I can recount far too many episodes of Gilligan’s Island, I Dream of Jeanie, The Brady Bunch, Beverly Hillbillies, Big [...]
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May 25th, 2010 by John Creighton in Photo Per Day
Tags: Ada Grace, School, St. Vrain
Ada Grace reads her story in Mrs. Morgan’s second grade class.
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May 14th, 2010 by John Creighton in B.O.E.
Tags: Atwood, School, St. Vrain
I was asked to speak at the St. Vrain Valley retirement dinner on behalf of the Board. Here’s what I said: It is a privilege to be here tonight to say a few words of appreciation on behalf of the Board of Education to all of you who have served the students of the St. Vrain Valley for so many years. I especially appreciate the opportunity to speak at this dinner. I was at a celebration last week and our [...]
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May 3rd, 2010 by John Creighton in Photo Per Day
Emma & Izzy are inducted into National Junior Honor Society.
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April 28th, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Education, Emma, Family, Joe, School, St. Vrain
I had the opportunity to meet eight wunderkinds at the Apple Education Leadership Summit in Dallas last week. Several of the students owned businesses of their own. Some were generating six figure revenues. Another transformed The Ohio State Medical School. The students were in Dallas to talk to educators (and school board members like me) about where, when and how they learn. Their panel discussion drove home findings from the 2010 Horizon Report produced by the New Media Consortium. The [...]
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