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Latest episodes

• How Quantity Can Improve the Quality of Project-Based Learning

  September 29, 2026

  We often assume that improving the quality of student work means slowing down and spending more time on a single project. But sometimes the opposite is true. Creating more can actually help students create better. In my latest article and…

• Why Constraints Make Us More Creative

  September 23, 2026

  We often assume that creativity requires freedom. Remove the rules, open up the possibilities, and let students run with their ideas. But sometimes the opposite is true. The right constraints can give us a starting point, push us beyond…

• 5 Myths About Creativity

  September 15, 2026

  Sometimes our biggest creative failures reveal what we actually believe about creativity. In fifth grade, a disastrous California Mission project forced me to rethink what it meant to be “creative.” Years later, I can see how many of my…

• The Power of Routine Creativity

  September 10, 2026

  We often picture creativity as something big and bold. It’s the ambitious project that draws in the entire community. It’s the big project that kids remember years later. But creativity doesn’t have to be an event. In fact, some of the…

• Beyond Screen Time: The Low Tech Learning Matrix

  July 30, 2026

  For years, the conversation around educational technology centered on one question: How can we get more technology into classrooms? Today, we’re facing a different challenge. It’s time to move beyond debates about screen time and start…

• The Power of Low-Tech Games and Simulations in the Classroom

  July 14, 2026

  When people hear the term game-based learning, they often picture students staring at computer screens while navigating elaborate virtual worlds. Or perhaps a lone student staring into a VR headset in isolation. Those experiences certainly…

• The Best Makerspace Might Be Outside

  July 7, 2026

  We want students to be makers and designers. But there’s a surprising source of inspiration for design: the natural world. As we think about moving toward a low-tech approach, we need something better than desks in rows with students doing…

• Beyond Screen Time: What LAUSD’s New Policy Gets Right and Wrong

  July 1, 2026

  The Los Angeles Unified School District has adopted one of the nation’s most restrictive classroom screen time policies. It will dramatically limit technology use across grade levels. Much of the reporting has focused on “banning devices,”…