Knight (Knight, 2008) presents eight components of instructional coaching: Enroll, Identify, Explain, Model, Observe, Explore, Refine and Reflect. I’ve posted about Enroll, Identify and Explain. Knight explains that modeling and… Read more »
Knight (Knight, 2008) presents eight components of instructional coaching: Enroll, Identify, Explain, Model, Observe, Refine and Reflect. I’ve posted about Enroll before; this post address the next two components. In… Read more »
It’s my appraisal year at this job. As part of appraisal, each teacher needs to identify areas for growth, determine a goal for the year, and work to achieve that… Read more »
Last week, I was in St. Lucia visiting my family. I observed my four year old niece’s screen use habits. Occasionally, she was quiet while watching TV or playing on… Read more »
It’s been just over two months since I moved to Prague. It’s year 11 since I moved overseas, and this is my fourth country. I’ve always worked in small K-12… Read more »
Do you drive your technology or does your technology drive you? Do you feel a little lost when you forget your cell phone at home or in the car? Could… Read more »
Do you drive your technology or does your technology drive you? Do you feel a little lost when you forget your cell phone at home or in the car? Could… Read more »
I found it interesting, in light of the graphs by http://website-monitoring.com, to consider the habits of people, and our use of the extraordinary access that we have to technology. Does… Read more »
I recently watched Jiro Dreams of Sushi, a Japanese documentary about 85 year old Jiro. Jiro is a master sushi chef with an exclusive restaurant in Tokyo. He encapsulates the… Read more »
What’s your real life? I was recently speaking with my grade 6 students about online versus “real life” bullying and had difficulty picking the “right” words to talk about the… Read more »