Blog | David Bill

Learning from Google’s Creative Lab

March 17, 2011

Google’s Creative Lab has been around for a few years but the concept has been a transformative one for the company and a model that schools should consider. The Creative Lab Google, which had been known more for their search than their advertising, has made a large impact in the digital media scene over the [...]

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Education, Play and Design

March 14, 2011

I found this video by Plikums via @ethanbodnar. It focuses on the intersection of education, play, and design. In my mind, it is a powerful video about real learning that we should all watch and take to heart. “Education is not learning the system“

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Why we need a new conversation

March 10, 2011

Twitter is full of education hashtags. Those symbols of community bring educators from around the world together. One hashtag in particular is very powerful within the our community. #edchat has become a beacon for many educators. It has connected them, it has enabled them to share ideas, resources, and stories. I believe that hashtags like [...]

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Serving Up PD

March 7, 2011

For the the past few years, I have been exploring the idea of professional development. While the mindset of helping educators has always been the same, the methodology has evolved. There are a number of people out there who are doing the same thing. We are attempting to inspire and connect by using models that [...]

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Weather? What weather?

February 6, 2011

From January 31st to February 2nd, Be Playful ran a “Prototype Design Camp” for students in Ohio. For 40 high school juniors and seniors, this was a three day introduction to the process of Design Thinking. The students would be asked to create a solution or “prototype” to a particular problem. The three day design [...]

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I’m an educator, I mean designer, I mean…

January 25, 2011

I had the chance to attend CompostModern this past weekend. It is a conference for designers by designers. As an educator, I was not exactly sure what to expect. I initially felt as though I would be the odd man out. I mean, I was no where near as fashionable as 99% of the attendees [...]

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Next Generation of Makers

January 12, 2011

This cartoon by @howtoons exemplifies the kind of curiosity and desire to create that can empower students and make them the “life-long learners” we always hear about. When students take ownership of their learning, the game changes. They become passionate about learning. The image also speaks to the idea that students are learning more on [...]

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Why didn’t I think of that?

January 11, 2011

When it comes to learning and design, the first hurdle is simply looking around and asking yourself, “how could this be better?” For instance, someone applied the design process to a traditional watering can and came up with something much better. So it stands, rather than asking ‘Why didn’t I think of that?”, we should [...]

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New rules

January 10, 2011

When I was growing up there were simple rules I was to follow. 1. Be a good person 2. Brush your teeth after you eat 3. Don’t hit your sister In a world that has been forever altered by the age of the Interwebs, these rules are still very much relevant (especially the one about [...]

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