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Welcome to the blog of Zaq Roberts, Associate Head of School at The Berkeley School in Berkeley, CA. I blog about a wide variety of topics, from classroom moments I witness, to administrative events and conversations, to the educational blogs, videos, and books I am reading and watching, and how they are influencing my thinking. I hope this eclectic approach will give you insight into the many ways that I am engaging in advancing the school and strengthening our program, and I welcome your thoughts and comments!

This blog takes its name from a quotation by Archimedes that reads "Give me a lever long enough, and I can move the world." The TBS mission speaks directly to the need to engage a changing world, while many of the experiences in our program focus on the development of students' agency and authority. TBS is the lever by which we all - administration, faculty, students, and parents - can together move the world to be more humane, compassionate, and responsive. To borrow an important Montessori phrase, it is our way to remake the world.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

What Makes a Great App? Redux

My mom, who is the school psychologist at a residential/day school for autistic children in Massachusetts, also has an iPad. She's looking at educational apps both for her school site, and also to engage with my nieces who live nearby, so we're constantly sharing apps. After reading my blog post from Sunday, she sent me to the Math: Evolve website, which I thought I'd share. From the short video on the site (posted below), it seems like a cross between Spore, Galaga, and a dynamically-responsive math app - not necessarily constructivist, but interesting.

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