#openschools

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#openschools: the Swartz dilemma

Posted by Chad Sansing ⋅ January 15, 2013 ⋅ 15 Comments

You run a tech-infused classroom. Kids do all sorts of work on the computer from reading fluency practice to released test items to word processing to new- and multi-media projects in response to class texts. You’ve scrounged up a bunch of unsupported computers from past replacement cycles in your building, and your tech person has … Continue reading »

The Evaluation: schooling at the end of teaching, unions, & care

Posted by Chad Sansing ⋅ January 12, 2013 ⋅ 6 Comments

Nearly sixth months ago, I posted “The Evaluation,” a near-future science fiction short story imagining public school teaching as day-labor inside a techno-bureaucratic panopticon. Since then, I’ve tried to hold myself accountable for posting about the work that my kids and I do together, which I love and in which I believe. I want to … Continue reading »

#ncte12: when they came for us, they came with standards

Posted by Chad Sansing ⋅ November 17, 2012 ⋅ 5 Comments

There’s really no better way to silence us teachers (apart from the crippling, self-imposed professional norm of not admitting to our students and parents that have an opinion on anything) than to give us thousands of standards. When a teacher is busy delivering content and designing lessons to appease political appointees, there is precious little … Continue reading »