The beginning of this week was a blur of three days of some really powerful learning. I was asked by my district to attend with our district team to the…Read more
It Is Time To Challenge Educators and Leaders
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Why do we subject students to experiences that we would never subject ourselves to?
As teachers have you really thought your lesson or project through? I mean have you considered it from the viewpoint of a student? This can be hard to do, but…Read more
We Can Always Choose To Be Mad And Angry But….
what good will that really do you, your family, your work, and for the people around you? Think about it – we only have a set amount of days here…Read more
The World is a Makerspace, Not a Classroom
We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us. — Rumi I have wanted to write about this idea for a few weeks, but just was not sure how…Read more
Do not contradict yourself
This is something that drives me more insane than anything else in life and in particular the world of education. Don’t complain about students doing “x” and then among staff…Read more
PLC Training Mid Morning Thought
How great would it be if teachers could create their own teams that they work with to make change? Would that radically shift the operations behind the scenes to help…Read more
Reflection of Exhibition Nights for PBL
Our middle school of 1100 students has tackled project based learning head on this year. It has been a radical shift for some. It has had both the amazing breakthroughs…Read more
Students Can Actually Think?
At the beginning of the year we launched a Choose2Matter project with Angela Maiers and Mark Moran. We developed our own #BettPassion projects and a simple search here on the…Read more
What are the shortcomings of project based learning?
I was searching around on Quora as I do for interesting ideas and conversations. One concept I never searched was PBL. So I did and I came across this thread: What…Read more
bow chicka wow HOW: Moving from What to How
Yesterday I delivered my presentation to my staff in an attempt to help them think differently about projects. I offered two HOW suggestions 1. Use the Common Core Appendices to…Read more