21st Century Learning #73: Peter Gow on the New Progressivism

Peter Gow
21st Century Learning #73
Peter Gow on the New Progressivism
May 21, 2008

 

Peter Gow from Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, MA joined us to discuss his article on EdWeek Online, entitled The New Progressivism is Here.  Peter shares his ideas about how the New Progressivism blends with the old.  This along with how the 2008 NAIS National Conference helped inspire his article.  Thanks to Peter for adding his ideas to the conversation about what school should be in the future. 

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2008-05-21 12:04:56 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: hi swvalley
2008-05-21 12:04:58 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: we're just getting set up
2008-05-21 12:05:03 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: hi susan
2008-05-21 12:05:03 [Message] swvalley -> -EdTechTalk: Hi Arvind:)
2008-05-21 12:05:12 [Message] Susan Morgan -> -EdTechTalk: Hi Arvind
2008-05-21 12:05:36 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: how are you?
2008-05-21 12:05:45 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: whoops, got bumped, huh?
2008-05-21 12:05:58 [Message] swvalley -> -EdTechTalk: I went to the full screen room, whoops.
2008-05-21 12:06:18 [Message] swvalley -> -EdTechTalk: That's the doppler mic control.
2008-05-21 12:06:28 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: hi Tom
2008-05-21 12:06:32 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: which Tom is that?
2008-05-21 12:07:25 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: hi mrs lachance, welcome
2008-05-21 12:07:30 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: audio on ustream or EdTechTalk A
2008-05-21 12:07:33 [Message] mrslachance -> -EdTechTalk: hello.  I'm a first timer.
2008-05-21 12:07:40 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: great, we're about to get started
2008-05-21 12:08:14 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://www.nais.org/about/article.cfm?ItemNumber=150815
2008-05-21 12:09:05 [Message] Tom -> -EdTechTalk: Tom Martin from CESA #3, Fennimore. I formally worked with John Pederson. Even though he's gone, he wanted me to continue getting my hands around PLN's, technology in our schools, etc.
2008-05-21 12:09:39 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: that's great! glad you're here
2008-05-21 12:09:48 [Message] Tom -> -EdTechTalk: Thanks...
2008-05-21 12:09:53 [Message] Susan Morgan -> -EdTechTalk: Chicken soup is a winner!
2008-05-21 12:11:37 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: The New Progressivism is Here: http://tinyurl.com/65vrqp
2008-05-21 12:11:50 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://www.nais.org/about/article.cfm?ItemNumber=150815
2008-05-21 12:12:00 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: we're speaking with Peter Gow
2008-05-21 12:13:07 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: hi Kgreen5
2008-05-21 12:13:43 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Hi John.
2008-05-21 12:13:57 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Peter Gow on the new progressivism. 
2008-05-21 12:14:05 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://www.nais.org/about/article.cfm?ItemNumber=150815
2008-05-21 12:14:52 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: hi bburke, welcome
2008-05-21 12:14:58 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: audio on ustream or on EdTechTalk A
2008-05-21 12:16:39 [Message] Susan Morgan -> -EdTechTalk: Though many of the goals of the progressive schools were sound...just misunderstood, weren't they? Or misapplied?
2008-05-21 12:17:18 [Message] Susan Morgan -> -EdTechTalk: Hi Vinnie...thanks for the great link to your history wiki this am
2008-05-21 12:17:47 [Message] VinnieVrotny -> -EdTechTalk: @susan it was my pleasure and I am having a good time working with the group.
2008-05-21 12:18:27 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: hi Vinnie
2008-05-21 12:19:32 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: What are students supposed to learn about the project they are working on?
2008-05-21 12:19:58 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Making learning goals part of the process. 
2008-05-21 12:21:11 [Message] Susan Morgan -> -EdTechTalk: Seems to be a simple concept but not everyone asks those questions ahead of time--
2008-05-21 12:21:18 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Peter's topic reminds me a lot about what Chris Lehmann describes culture at SLA.
2008-05-21 12:21:47 [Message] Susan Morgan -> -EdTechTalk: I agree. Even the students in the hall at SLA could explain what they were learning in the process
2008-05-21 12:25:59 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Attention to business writers -- Dan Pink, Malcolm Gladwell, Sir Ken Robinson
2008-05-21 12:26:14 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Or writers.
2008-05-21 12:33:59 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Peter's speaking about his school, Beaver Country Day School: http://www.bcdschool.org/
2008-05-21 12:34:40 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://www.grantwiggins.org/
2008-05-21 12:34:49 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Boy -- Grant Wiggins needs a new web site :-)
2008-05-21 12:35:48 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Theodore R. Sizer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Sizer
2008-05-21 12:35:51 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: ha ha, you volunteering to build it?
2008-05-21 12:36:49 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Peter mentioned a new breed of business leaders book list: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120994594229666315-search.html?KEYWORDS=...
2008-05-21 12:37:14 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: And some commentary: http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/05/05/where-are-all-the-fema...
2008-05-21 12:37:45 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: uhhh -- could do that pretty quickly, I think.  If Wiggins wants to hire me, I'm there:)
2008-05-21 12:42:10 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://21apples.org/articles/2008/05/14/learning-to-change
2008-05-21 12:42:27 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://www.practicaltheory.org/serendipity/
2008-05-21 12:42:30 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: Chris's thoughts on Learning to Change: http://www.practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/963-Pears...
2008-05-21 12:42:38 [Message] VinnieVrotny -> -EdTechTalk: thanks for the great conversation. Got to go now.
2008-05-21 12:42:45 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: Richard's thoughts on Learning to Change: http://www.kassblog.com/item/690
2008-05-21 12:43:04 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: how to we put into practice some of the theoretical?
2008-05-21 12:43:19 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://www.edtechtalk.com/21CL_68
2008-05-21 12:44:17 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/about/phil/10cps/10cps.html
2008-05-21 12:45:51 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://isenet.ning.com/group/thenewprogressivism
2008-05-21 12:46:13 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: ISENet Ning -- The New Progressivism Group.
2008-05-21 12:46:55 [Message] susan morgan -> -EdTechTalk: The Long Tail!
2008-05-21 12:47:10 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: http://isenet.ning.com
2008-05-21 12:47:14 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Yes, The Long Tail.
2008-05-21 12:48:44 [Message] susan morgan -> -EdTechTalk: Thanks....
2008-05-21 12:49:47 [Message] alex.ragone -> -EdTechTalk: Thanks everyone!
2008-05-21 12:55:13 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: bye all
2008-05-21 12:55:15 [Message] arvind -> -EdTechTalk: thanks for listening