Tag: Benjamin Zander
Gratitude Challenge: Day 29: Possibilities
For the month of November I’m participating in a daily gratitude challenge posted by the...
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JBB’s DRP for 1/11/23: The Success Equation
start to be great-zig ziglar Everyone loves the idea of being successful. What is one thing that...
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Passion Is What Gets You Through the Fear by Drew Fulton
Soon-to-be EMDT Graduate and freelance photographer, Drew Fulton wrote the following blog post as...
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What Education Misses By Its Fear of Mistakes
Soon-to-be EMDT Graduate and freelance photographer, Drew Fulton wrote the following blog post as...
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How Important Is Music Education? TEDxBoston – Benjamin Zander and the YOA [video]
I’ve been fortunate enough to have had many music educators as my students and they tend to...
Read MoreA Grade As Motivation or Unnecessary Made Up Measure
Pretty much every month someone in class has a problem with Zander’s chapter about Giving an A. This month’s dialogue questions the motivational power of grades (with little Beatles whimsy thrown in for good...
Read MoreTo give an A or not to give an A – Ongoing Zander Dialogue
I’m back to teaching my Media Asset Creation class and Ben Zander’s The Art of Possibility is back on the menu. It never ceases to amaze me how his approach sparks debate with classroom teachers, particularly when it...
Read MoreArt of Possibility Reflection: Unexpected Directions & Unanticipated Destinations
I just finished updating the reading part of my course and I somehow ended up telling my own story of Possibility. At this point in the course my students have read the first nine chapters of the Art of Possibility and are...
Read MoreGrading Rants for a Monday – Inspired by the Art of Possibility
One of the books that I use for my course is the inspirational The Art of Possibility and in one of the opening chapters the authors, Ben & Roz Zander, propose getting rid of grades. This usually invokes strong pros and cons...
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Zander Reflections Part 3
Sometimes the reflections on the Zander book, The Art of Possibility, are much more…...
Read MoreZander Reflections Part 2
My students continue their reflections on the Zander book, The Art of Possibility. This time the musing is about the possible ramifications of the realization that “Reality” is not what we thought it was: I try not...
Read MoreZander Reflections Part 1
Students in my course are assigned to read Ben & Roz Zander’s The Art of Possibility and over this past week I’ve been reading and grading their reflections on the book in their blogs. The book, which espouses...
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