“If learning becomes decentralized, are schools going to disappear?”A couple of months back I was leading a workshop on the potential impacts of web3 on education for school leaders and this question stuck out like a sore thumb. Public education in the United States (perhaps more broadly) seems to be breaking under the immense pressure of rapid shifts in technology, society, and competing priorities. Even for those working in public ed, the idea that schools might altogether cease to exist is...

“If learning becomes decentralized, are schools going to disappear?”A couple of months back I was leading a workshop on the potential impacts of web3 on education for school leaders and this question stuck out like a sore thumb. Public education in the United States (perhaps more broadly) seems to be breaking under the immense pressure of rapid shifts in technology, society, and competing priorities. Even for those working in public ed, the idea that schools might altogether cease to exist is...

People, place, and purpose. I recently read an article about learning in a community posted on the Getting Smart website, and the TLDR (too long didn’t read) is that community schools and perhaps innovative schools at large are going to need to leverage networks that address people, place, purpose in meaningful ways. This intersection has been at the focal point of many of my personal and professional interests, which has led me to a new horizon. One that I’m super excited to begin to explore...

People, place, and purpose. I recently read an article about learning in a community posted on the Getting Smart website, and the TLDR (too long didn’t read) is that community schools and perhaps innovative schools at large are going to need to leverage networks that address people, place, purpose in meaningful ways. This intersection has been at the focal point of many of my personal and professional interests, which has led me to a new horizon. One that I’m super excited to begin to explore...

I’m super curious how web3 may transform teaching and learning. One challenge in this endeavor is that many of us shared very similar formal education experiences. We went to school, sat in rows, took classes by subject, did homework, and took lots of tests. Our experiences vary little from school to school, state to state, and even country to country. We share similar mental models for how we think teaching and learning should be. So in order to make the most of web3 and the new technology c...

I’m super curious how web3 may transform teaching and learning. One challenge in this endeavor is that many of us shared very similar formal education experiences. We went to school, sat in rows, took classes by subject, did homework, and took lots of tests. Our experiences vary little from school to school, state to state, and even country to country. We share similar mental models for how we think teaching and learning should be. So in order to make the most of web3 and the new technology c...

gm! ✍️ blogtime friends! Previously on both Mirror and Twitter I’ve talked about the importance of mental models. Folks from both #edu and #web3 are exploring the use of blockchain tech, but each has a unique focus. Grab a ☕️ let’s dive in 👇 Just to recap my previous posts, I wrote about mental models and how they influence the way we perceive the 🗺 and construct how we understand things. In this context, our lived experience in part dictates how we perceive the importance of and use case f...

gm! ✍️ blogtime friends! Previously on both Mirror and Twitter I’ve talked about the importance of mental models. Folks from both #edu and #web3 are exploring the use of blockchain tech, but each has a unique focus. Grab a ☕️ let’s dive in 👇 Just to recap my previous posts, I wrote about mental models and how they influence the way we perceive the 🗺 and construct how we understand things. In this context, our lived experience in part dictates how we perceive the importance of and use case f...