Hi, I’m Drew
I’m a Agile Learning Facilitator and technologist who aims to help people use technology as a way to empower themselves. Currently I am a nomadic wizard supporting the ALC Network’s growth.
Freshest Post
It might be free but it ain’t cheap – UPDATE
April 1, 2017UPDATE: I wrote this post in haste while upset and worn out after a meltdown of a system I’ve been caring for for a long time. After talking to some people in the network, who I insulted with my brashness, it’s clear that I’m burnt out and much of this… Read more
Interesting things I’ve done
Facilitating at ALC Oahu
In early 2016 I visited Oahu, Hawaii to working with ALC Oahu. You can read more in my detail debrief or by checking out the #oahu tag
Facilitated ALC Everett
For 7 months in 2014-2015 I was a first time Agile Learning Facilitator in Everett, Washington. You can read my blog posts tagged ‘everett’ and visit the ALC Everett website and read the full #debrief there.
School, YAY! Foldy
The school, yay! foldy is a piece of ALC propaganda I created.
Personal Kanban
I created a personal Kanban board that I use to manage the daily tasks in my life.
Daily Cycle Illustration
I created an illustration that describes a daily cycle at a typical Agile Learning Center.
ALC WordPress Theme
I’m developing themes for this website that everyone is able to use.
The ROTA tool
Another tool I’ve documented that helps community spaces share chores!
Skill Sharing
I write a lot of tutorials about how to do things, check em’ out.
Featured Posts
ALC Network Holding Proposal 2016
July 9, 2016Nearly 2 years ago I attended the first ALF Summer at ALC Mosaic in Charlotte, NC. This event marks, in my opinion, the creation of the ALC Network. It was a point when the people and resources came together to support new and emerging ALCs. Now, as we enter our… Read more
ALC Network Membrane V1.0
March 23, 2016I’ve updated my diagram of the ALC Network membrane (see v0.1 here) in two major ways. I’ve simplified it, practicing design through subtraction, and I’ve changed how I related to it. Initially I thought of the ALC Network membrane as the center of a flower with each ALC acting as… Read more
Mapping my ALF Accountability: What I do and want to do
October 15, 2015Last fall at ALF Weekend 2014 we participated in a game where we wrote out what we did, what we have “juice” for, what we want to be doing, and what action we are taking to get there. We wrote these down then went around the room and spoke them out to… Read more
My Schooling, My Education
September 27, 2015What follows is my history of learning, schooling, and education. See Spot Run In my early years, I was sent to a Montessori school. Grades were mixed; 1st through 3rd occupied the same classroom. I remember an exercise were we wrote every number from 1 to 1000 in a grid… Read more
In the Flow, My Week in Reflection
August 9, 2015What an amazing week! I’ve been in Asheville NC visiting the Endor ALC crew. I was housed by two amazing collective homes full of wonderful and amazing people who kept me well fed and in good company. I spent most of my time co-working with @liam and @rochellehudson which fueled one… Read more
Yay School ALC Foldy
July 19, 2015I finished the Yay School! ALC Foldy this week. A “foldy” is a piece of paper folded in half four times that creates a little book. It’s cool because you can tell a short narrative over 5 “pages” with the 5th being a large spread. Download a template here ¡también en… Read more
How do we make new ALFs and ALCs?
April 1, 2015This weekend on the ALF Summer planning call we began talking about what the process for turning people into Agile Learning Facilitators (ALF) and how to establish schools as Agile Learning Centers (ALC). This post will cover my ideas on these two subjects which are, in my mind, related. I’m going to focus on… Read more
Group Goals Kanban
March 18, 2015This is my proposal for a group goal setting kanban as outlined in a post about ALC Everett’s group kanbans. As you can see, from Today column to the right is much the same as v1. The new areas are labeled with letters. Idea area Ideas under exploration Ready ideas Active… Read more