Category Archives: Education

More Important to Teach Principles than Facts

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Richard K Miller

This week I read The Leader in Me, Stephen Covey’s new book about teaching the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People to elementary school students. Schools in North Carolina, Alabama, Illinois, Guatemala, Singapore, and elsewhere have successfully incorporated 7 Habits … Continue reading →

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Teaching the unteachable skills

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Richard K Miller

If you tend to perform tasks you’ve never performed before, what does this mean for education? Does your school teach you to solve problems, prioritize tasks, and prepare you for non-assembly-line jobs? “Training a student to be sheepish is a … Continue reading →

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Jon Udell on technology in education

Posted on July 7, 2006 by Richard K Miller

I recently listened to Jon Udell’s interview with CJ Rayhill, CIO of O’Reilly. They talked about O’Reilly’s Safari U project which allows college professors to compile chapters from various books into a custom book for their own classes, available in … Continue reading →

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