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Mike Vachow
Jan 31, 20233 min read
No One There
On the human voice in reading and writing
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Mike Vachow
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Need-Order-Get
Audrey Watters, an essential critic of educational technology, leaves the conversation.
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Mike Vachow
Oct 20, 20213 min read
Not Home, Part 2
Driven by necessity but limited by elemental human need, remote learning will grow only on the margins.
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Mike Vachow
Aug 29, 20213 min read
Review: Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning, by Audrey Watters
Audrey Watters traces the history of personalized learning and teaching machines from 1920 to today. The through line is behaviorism.
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Mike Vachow
May 24, 20214 min read
Keep it Real
Next year, schools will weigh convenience and intimacy when organizing how adults will work together.
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Mike Vachow
Oct 13, 20205 min read
Expensive and Messy
Next year, elementary educators will focus on reclaiming and growing what the pandemic took away from children this year.
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Mike Vachow
Sep 22, 20202 min read
The New, Older Normal
Next year, the new normal for elementary schools may be older than the old normal.
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Mike Vachow
Sep 24, 20194 min read
Socrates Hacked It
Any innovation or disruption in schools must meet the essential first measure: does it promote dignity?
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Mike Vachow
Sep 6, 20195 min read
Robo Cop
The economy of the future will be built on attention, a more difficult skill than ever to teach.
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Mike Vachow
Apr 3, 20193 min read
Oriole Haiku
Guidance for school employees on social media and the use of digital tools at school.
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Mike Vachow
Apr 24, 20183 min read
Not Home
School holds a special value as "not home" that is critical in helping kids develop confidence, independence.
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Mike Vachow
Mar 27, 20183 min read
User/Used
Too many edtech products make false promises of agency, in which the "user" is, in fact, used.
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Mike Vachow
Dec 19, 20173 min read
Bit Learning
Can block chain theory redefine the value of education?
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