They Will Be Amazed [SLIDE]
Decided to be a little creative tonight, y'all. Whipped up a slide sharing one of my favorite quotes from Howard Rheingold's Net Smart - How to Thrive Online, a book I'm currently working my way...
View ArticleHow Gritty Are Today's Learners? [SLIDE]
Poking through my RSS feed reader last weekend, I stumbled across an article on the Mindshift blog that got me thinking about the role that grit -- the ability to persevere even in the face of...
View ArticleAre YOU a "What IF" Guy? [SLIDE]
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I've been doing a lot of thinking about the people in my learning network that I'm intellectually grateful for -- and while the list is ALWAYS long, I'm not...
View ArticleMy Saturday Morning Newspaper [SLIDE]
After wiping a cheeseload of tryptophanic crust out of my eyes this morning, I was feeling a bit creative -- so I decided to whip up a slide for all y'all:(click to enlarge)read more
View ArticleWhat are YOU Doing to Make Sure Your Students are 'Well-Googled'? [SLIDE]
I've spent the past few nights working my way through Will Richardson's newest book, Why School -- a GREAT read that is well worth the $3 you'll pay for it on Amazon. One of the quotes that caught my...
View ArticleNate Silver on Using Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers [SLIDE]
One of the hottest statistical minds in the world right now is Nate Silver, the mind behind the FiveThirtyEight blog which is dedicated to helping readers to "cut through the clutter of this data-rich...
View ArticleChange Depends on More than Shiny iGadgets [SLIDE]
One of the funniest interactions that happened at Educon last weekend took place in the planning document for Patrick Larkin's session on school vision just after Patrick asked: "What does your school...
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Technology Gives Kids Power [SLIDE]
I've spent the past several weeks grinding my way through several revisions for presentations that I'm giving in the not too distant future and it's left me more than a little emotionally spent. In an...
View ArticleHow Engaged ARE Your Students?
Let's start with a simple truth, y'all: Student engagement matters. When kids care about the lessons that they are learning, they are WAY more likely to master the kinds of essential skills, content...
View ArticleIs High School Academic Purgatory? [SLIDE]
Blogger's Note: My thinking here is unpolished. I'm wrestling with the time-honored notion that one of the primary purposes of high school is to prepare kids for college. As a teacher, that's always...
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