Matt Karlsen
Discussing a Framework for Inspiring Inventiveness
A group of educators from around the world gathered in a Zoom room with Mara Krechevsky, Ben Mardell, Susan MacKay, and me to explore the…
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Inventology: Book Club Discussion, Introduction and Parts 1 & 2
As indicated in the intro post, this round’s Opal School Book Club pick is Pagan Kennedy’s Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change The…
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Read With Us! Inventology
Recently, we invited folks from around the world to join us in an Opal School Book Club. We shared insights from Ann Pelo and Margie…
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Inspiring Agents of Change
If we do organize the study of serendipity, it will always be a whimsical undertaking, given that the phenomenon is difficult to define, amazingly variable…
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From Teaching to Thinking: Book Club Conversation
Opal School hosted a conversation about the book From Teaching to Thinking: A Pedagogy for Reimagining Our Work with readers and authors Ann Pelo and…
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Developing Norms for Ambiguity and Complexity
This presentation, provided by Kerry Salazar at our October 2019 professional development retreat, is available to watch here.
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Setting the Table: Loose Parts
How might materials support young authors and thinkers? Teacher-researchers Lauren Adams and Kathryn Ann Myers explore how processes of growing and and revising big ideas…
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Setting Intentions to Guide Our Learning
Last week, Opal School staff came together to revisit our thinking about teacher-research. We cracked open “teacher-research” to unpack the varied meanings the idea holds…
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Setting the Table: Tempera Paint
What does tempera paint do? So many investigations of a material start with a question just like this. This time is essential for developing the…
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We believe that educators—like children—have a vast capacity for deep dives of mind, heart, and spirit. Their thoughts are “ample and greedy”; they seek substantive…
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