I’m pretty sure I knew this existed, but forgot. Here’s a pretty good peek at the genius of The Reggio Emilia Approach at play in Reggio Emilia and how it…
Super Earlybird Registration Ends December 1st
It’s a great joy to introduce educators to their heroes/sheroes and creating learning adventures they never dreamed were possible. That’s why Gary spent fifteen years cultivating relationships with the wise…
Clever Computing for Children – A Workshop for Educators
Culver City Julian Dixon Library4975 Overland AveCulver City, CA 90230 2:30 – 5:30 PM • December 4, 2025 This pay-what-you-choose hands-on workshop for educators shares a constructionist approach to the…
A History of Constructing Modern Knowledge
The attached PDF is a chapter from the 2020 book, Designing Constructionist Futures: The Art, Theory, and Practice of Learning Designs. In Constructing Modern Knowledge: Crafting the Next Generation of…
AI, Schools, and the Labubu Problem
Ever wonder why word processing remains controversial in schools or the Internet is more accessible at McDonald’s? Why is the technological bounty embraced by the rest of society so elusive…
The Project Paradox
I’m thinking hard about our annual summer institute, Constructing Modern Knowledge, which begins in two days. This will be our thirteenth CMK in fifteen years since we lost two to…
The Subtlety of Prompt Setting
In Chapter Four of our new book, Invent to Learn – Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, we discuss the importance of prompt setting as a basis for project-based…
Join us in Reggio Emilia – June 15-19, 2026
Scenes from the 2025 Language of Computation institute in Reggio Emilia Registration is now open for a life-changing professional learning event, The Language of Computation – Constructing Modern Knowledge in…
Carla Rinaldi & Edith Ackermann in Conversation
The video (below) is a very special one. It features two of my sheroes, Dr. Edith Ackermann and Carla Rinaldi in conversation at the 2016 Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute….
Carla Rinaldi (1947 – 2025)
[April 18, 2025] For 15+ years, I dreamed of sharing Reggio Emilia with educators from across the globe and to collaborate with our brilliant Italian colleagues in pursuit of research…