In 2008 Nick D 39 Aloisio began designing iPhone apps nbsp He was 12 years old quot working quot reports the Wall Street Journal quot on a Mac in his bedroom in the London district of Wimbledon quot He had taken quot no formal computer science classes at school and neither of his parents
Matt Emerson
Matt Emerson's essays have appeared in a number of publications, including America, Commonweal, and the Wall Street Journal. The Catholic Press Association named his September 2012 essay "Help Their Unbelief," published in America, as the "best essay" in the category of national general interest magazine for 2012. He is the author of the book Why Faith? A Journey of Discovery (Paulist Press 2016).Articles:Fruitful Searching (Jan. 5-12, 2015)Preambles for Faith (May 13, 2013)Help Their Unbelief (Sept. 10, 2012)Posts at The Ignatian Educator
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Teaching to be Taught
With the sound of sleigh bells not far off I find myself pondering a truth I return to every year being a great teacher involves being a great student And I don rsquo t mean being a great student at one point in the past I mean continuing to be a student into the present and into the future I
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Pope Francis and Photo-Evangelization
Like many throughout the world I 39 ve seen the pictures now materializing on Facebook Buzzfeed and other sites — the pictures of Pope Francis praying with and hugging a man apparently afflicted with neurofibromatosis a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerve tissue The images are
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A Breakthrough Book: Pope Benedict and his ‘Introduction’
Posting as I rsquo ve done recently about spiritual autobiographies has got me thinking about one of the most influential books I rsquo ve ever read in any genre Pope Benedict XVI rsquo s nbsp Introduction to Christianity Published in 1968 when Pope Benedict was Cardinal Ratzinger I read it fir
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Hours of Homework
How much homework is too much What is a correct homework policy How do we distinguish the right kind of homework from quot busy work quot as students call much of it These questions come to mind as I reflect upon another education article nbsp in nbsp the October issue of nbsp The Atlantic In
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Spiritual Nourishment: Readers Respond
Last week as regular readers know I asked people to recommend works in the field of spiritual autobiography or any book essay article in the genre of ldquo faith journey rdquo I supplied my initial list and I asked for additional selections both within the Roman Catholic Tradition and without
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Reader Wisdom Requested
Dear Readers I need your depth and insight I 39 m working on a project for both my teaching and writing and for it I need a list of readings in the field of spiritual autobiography Because of that I 39 m asking for your recommendations It could be a book an essay or an article anything re
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America’s Got Talent: Even in Math
When I was in grade- and high school math was my arch-intimidator I didn 39 t enjoy it and at some point I decided I wasn 39 t a quot math person quot It felt like a game I couldn 39 t master In English and history and all the subjects that called for weighing and balancing and writing I
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Channeling Romero
“Thinking of education in terms of planting seeds invites me to pray for a saintly kind of patience.”
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The Expanding Problem of Schools & Social Media
quot Warily Schools Watch Students on the Internet quot So reads a headline in the New York Times today on a matter that 39 s now dominating the news and this blog nbsp The article written by Somini Sengupta nicely summarizes various points of concern arising from the interaction s of schoo