Trust in the Classroom
Has anyone every accused you of having poor communication skills? Have you ever faced a wall of silence as you stood at the front of the class waiting for one… Read more »
Who’s in your PLN?
I used to walk around talking about my PLN this and that until I realized that many people don’t know what a PLN is: I don’t usually quote David Warlick’s… Read more »
Creating a Strategic Plan for a School
I’ve just spent two full days working (over 20 hours) with teaching colleagues, administrators, board members, trustees and parents to create my school’s strategic plan. We formulated a draft mission,… Read more »
Thinking about The Tyranny of Relevance
I advocate two strands in technology curricula: a technology integration strand where technology is embedded into core classes and a computer science strand where students study actual computer science concepts,… Read more »
Was I Better Today?
Are you better today than yesterday?
Reading With Meaning Workshop
I’m attending Reading with Meaning: Creating Cultures of Thinking and Understanding presented by Debbie Miller all weekend long. As a technology coordinator, I co-teach a lot with elementary teachers and… Read more »
I Want My Admin to Learn With Me
Students are creating more and influencing their own learning journey. Teachers roles are changing so that we’re spending less time in the front of the room, less time lecturing, more… Read more »
Safer Internet Day 9.2.10
To celebrate safer internet day, the EU’s cyber security agency, ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency), released a 49 page document called Online as soon as it happens… Read more »