Over the past few years, I have been really focusing on the notion of “innovation in education” and what it actually means? Sometimes though, I feel that there is a lot of repetition in what I am saying, and although a different audience may not have been exposed to my thoughts, I am on a … [Read more…]
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Over the past couple of weeks, I had some interesting questions from educators. The first was from a math teacher asking me how I would use technology at the high school level with advanced placement students. The next was from a teacher talking about using technology in a school where devices are used by students … [Read more…]
Read More It is your thinking that creates solutions, not any technology.
I was inspired by this post from Brady Venables, and especially this paragraph: My biggest pet peeve is when I hear people speak of wanting to provide students the same education they received. This is a crime. Insisting that we change our education to fit today’s kids and world doesn’t mean that the educations we … [Read more…]
You have heard the jokes about the “Red M&Ms” when referring to people with outrageous demands or acting like divas. This story had been so convoluted, that many people (including myself) had thought that at some point, a rock band, had asked for only red M&Ms, but in fact, this story was wrong. Listening to a podcast … [Read more…]
Thinking through writing… A question I always receive in workshops regarding the use of technology in the classroom is regarding the notion of “screen time”; what amount is too much (as you will never hear someone asking how much is sufficient!)? Recently, “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)”, changed their recommendations on the amount of … [Read more…]
Over my summer travels, I have heard this quote several times (attributed to Haim Ginott but may have been adapted from Goethe): “I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a … [Read more…]
Read More The Most Important Part of the Learning Environment
Based on a comment I received on my post, “10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture“, I was asked to write a post about what a principal can do to promote school culture. Thinking about my own past practice, but also by many that I have been inspired by, here are some simple ideas … [Read more…]
Read More 10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #SchoolCulture as a Principal This Year
People often say to me, “I don’t want to be a principal…The things you have to do are just not for me.” My response immediately is, “You don’t have to do what the principal does now…you have the ability to create something new.” I was reminded of this when I had a conversation with a … [Read more…]
I encourage people to challenge me in my workshops, and share their frustrations and hurdles that they have to jump to get to the next level. This one amazing lady shared this with me. She said, “You know every time I learn something new in my work as a teacher, all of a sudden there … [Read more…]