Comments on: And the geeks should inherit the school…. http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/and-the-geeks-should-inherit-the-school/ The blog of the Head of School at Poughkeepsie Day School Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: “Embrace your inner weirdness” | The Compass Point http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/and-the-geeks-should-inherit-the-school//comment-page-1#comment-869 “Embrace your inner weirdness” | The Compass Point Sun, 15 May 2011 01:32:41 +0000 http://thecompasspoint.wordpress.com/?p=1636#comment-869 [...] reminded me of two things.The first was a post I wrote in 2009 along the same lines and the second also of the last January’s young [...] [...] reminded me of two things.The first was a post I wrote in 2009 along the same lines and the second also of the last January’s young [...]

]]> By: The Carrot and the Cattleprod | The Compass Point http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/and-the-geeks-should-inherit-the-school//comment-page-1#comment-204 The Carrot and the Cattleprod | The Compass Point Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:12:35 +0000 http://thecompasspoint.wordpress.com/?p=1636#comment-204 [...] And now here comes Daniel Pink following in Kohn’s footprints but from a business perspective.  I have not read Drive yet but I did watch the TEDtalk preview. [...] [...] And now here comes Daniel Pink following in Kohn’s footprints but from a business perspective.  I have not read Drive yet but I did watch the TEDtalk preview. [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Martin http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/and-the-geeks-should-inherit-the-school//comment-page-1#comment-146 Jonathan Martin Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:04:55 +0000 http://thecompasspoint.wordpress.com/?p=1636#comment-146 Great to see this Wired celebration of Geeking up our schools, and the attention to High Tech High, which I had the great fortune to spend two days visiting last December. My favorite pullout quote is this one: The walls, desks, and ceilings of his classrooms teem with projects, from field guides on local wildlife to human-powered submarines. I saw this, the hallways jammed with student work, even the rest-rooms, and it is something I think every school should aspire to: putting student work on public display, in every nook and cranny, to show and reinforce visually what matters most. Great to see this Wired celebration of Geeking up our schools, and the attention to High Tech High, which I had the great fortune to spend two days visiting last December.

My favorite pullout quote is this one: The walls, desks, and ceilings of his classrooms teem with projects, from field guides on local wildlife to human-powered submarines.

I saw this, the hallways jammed with student work, even the rest-rooms, and it is something I think every school should aspire to: putting student work on public display, in every nook and cranny, to show and reinforce visually what matters most.

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