I saw my brother, Dr. Alec Couros, share this short and powerful video by Liv McNeil. Please take three minutes to watch it: An incredible video by a student to show one person’s experience during emergency remote teaching. I have had a lot of conversations with educators about their students during the past few months. The … [Read more…]
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“The driver for learning is social connection.” The statement above from the Edutopia video on “Making Connections with Greetings at the Door” is one that truly resonated. Check out the entire video below. “I see you, I know you, I’m connecting with you, and you’re important to me.” How powerful is … [Read more…]
Read More The Importance and Impact of Greetings in Virtual Hallways
Sometimes I write to share my learning, and sometimes I write to learn. Today I am writing to process my thoughts so bear with me. I keep thinking about this memory from my childhood. When I was probably somewhere between 8-10 years old, I remember my older brother (Alec), and I fell … [Read more…]
Read More “…we are all isolated across the entire world together.”
I have been thinking a lot about what is going on in the world and how I am responding in a way that can help others. In this video, I share three things that have helped me through this time. 1. Having a focus on building connections and relationships. It has been helpful to … [Read more…]
Read More A Focus on Connection, Finding Positives, and Growth
“Change is an opportunity to do something amazing.” The above quote from “The Innovator’s Mindset” has been shared back to me seemingly 100’s of times in the past few weeks. I am going to be honest, that sometimes I get excited to see all of the opportunities this new reality is creating. Then sometimes, … [Read more…]
Not only have educators been inundated with information on COVID-19, but they have had to retool, refocus, and rethink completely how they are going to connect with and teach their students. A lot is going on in our world right now, and my first instinct is that we need to slow down and focus on … [Read more…]
Success can lead to failure. The Blockbuster video example has been used over and over again because it is a great cautionary tale of how success can lead to comfort, and comfort can eventually lead to failure. I was asked recently to share what makes a successful school, and my answer was the same as … [Read more…]
I discuss the story below more in my most recent podcast. You can check it out on Apple iTunes or Soundcloud. Years ago, I had the opportunity to do my first presentation for a conference outside of the country. I was asked by a group in New York to lead a session at a conference. … [Read more…]
Sanée Bell shared the following quote from her book, “Be Excellent On Purpose,” and it has stuck with me: “Students should have rich, relevant, and authentic experiences at school, across the board. If every educator in every school pursued excellence instead of allowing excuses about what students can and cannot do, we would meet … [Read more…]
I shared this video on the idea of “traditional practice” about a year ago: A couple of thoughts: 1. Traditional practice does not equal bad practice. We can’t use the terms interchangeably. 2. Innovation is ONLY innovation if it leads to something better. “New” is not enough.#InnovatorsMindset pic.twitter.com/2VcFbuFcVp — George Couros (@gcouros) February 13, 2019 … [Read more…]
Read More “New” does not equal “good” and “traditional” does not equal bad.