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No One There
On the human voice in reading and writing

Mike Vachow
Jan 31, 20233 min read
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Need-Order-Get
Audrey Watters, an essential critic of educational technology, leaves the conversation.

Mike Vachow
Jun 22, 20223 min read
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Not Home, Part 2
Driven by necessity but limited by elemental human need, remote learning will grow only on the margins.

Mike Vachow
Oct 20, 20213 min read
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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.

Mike Vachow
Aug 29, 20213 min read
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Keep it Real
Next year, schools will weigh convenience and intimacy when organizing how adults will work together.

Mike Vachow
May 24, 20214 min read
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Expensive and Messy
Next year, elementary educators will focus on reclaiming and growing what the pandemic took away from children this year.

Mike Vachow
Oct 13, 20205 min read
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The New, Older Normal
Next year, the new normal for elementary schools may be older than the old normal.

Mike Vachow
Sep 22, 20202 min read
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Socrates Hacked It
Any innovation or disruption in schools must meet the essential first measure: does it promote dignity?

Mike Vachow
Sep 24, 20194 min read
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Robo Cop
The economy of the future will be built on attention, a more difficult skill than ever to teach.

Mike Vachow
Sep 6, 20195 min read
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Oriole Haiku
Guidance for school employees on social media and the use of digital tools at school.

Mike Vachow
Apr 2, 20193 min read
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Not Home
School holds a special value as "not home" that is critical in helping kids develop confidence, independence.

Mike Vachow
Apr 23, 20183 min read
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User/Used
Too many edtech products make false promises of agency, in which the "user" is, in fact, used.

Mike Vachow
Mar 27, 20183 min read
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Bit Learning
Can block chain theory redefine the value of education?

Mike Vachow
Dec 19, 20173 min read
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