The last few months I’ve found myself reflecting on many of the perspectives I’ve taken and decisions I’ve made… and realized I’m usually wrong. As a bit of a stubborn, self-righteous and arrogant person, it can be painful to admit I’m wrong. I also find admitting I’m wrong to be an incredibly powerful tool. …
Warning: just for full disclosure, this blog post is essentially a 2,500 word advertisement for an amazing book I finished reading called “The Teenage Liberation Handbook: how to quit school and get a real life and education.” If you have the utmost of faith in my ability to choose books, you can skip all this…
I was fortunate to be asked by School Video News to write an article telling the story of how our peer-to-peer teaching community, Open Source High, came to be. The article can be found HERE.
Here is a quick addendum to my post last week on peer-to-peer education. While I went up to 4,000 words, I think I missed some meat. This blog is basically a brain drain. While it is certainly meant to be read, it is also an exercise for me to get my thoughts down, hear feedback…
We’ve finally arrived at part 7 of my 8 part series on the Peer-to-Peer Revolution where I will be talking about how education is being changed by the peer-to-peer system. As you may be aware, this is a space that I am fairly passionate about. And many other people are too. From my observation there…
What is the problem you are trying to solve? What is your proposed solution? What is your value proposition? Who are your customers? What is your revenue model? Are you a for-profit or a non-profit? Who is the end user of your product? Who will pay you to use your product? Are you sure you’re…