I will be heading into my 10th year of teaching this fall. In the past 9 years I spent the last 4 years as a gifted education teacher. During my…Read more
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Time of Disruption: Education Looks Like Marketing & Business….
………..because I think that we are both (business and education) in a time of rapid change and disruption. This change is happening every single day whether we are paying attention…Read more
Present Shock: Power of Social Media
From the book Present Shock According to research by Microsoft, 75% of human resources departments do online research about their candidates, utilizing search engines, social networking sites, personal blogs, and even photo sharing sites…………Did…Read more
Finding the joy in exercise, creating routine, and taking a break from school
This summer I have found myself all over the place. I have a long list of things to do and just seem to be in an unorganized mess. After a…Read more
We are the product being sold
From the book Present Shock It’s as if we are slowly connecting everyone to everyone else and everything else. …If everyone in the world is your Facebook friend then why have…Read more
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone and Break Up Your Routine!
Swimming this morning I was struck by a situation that happened that allowed me to step back and reflect on many things going on right now with school, life, jobs,…Read more
Do your kids get enough boredom? A thought provoking question and article
I read another article that made me stop and pause. The article discusses whether our children are having enough time being “bored”. Do your kids get enough boredom? http://t.co/6NgkhM4 I…Read more
Iowa Teacher Evaluations Tied To State Tests? My Beef With This and Why
Sunday morning I started my day with a cup of coffee and the Sunday edition of the QC Times. It was not long before I came to an article that…Read more
Endless Thoughts and Ideas
I presented a few weeks back and as I declutter and organize my thoughts and ideas I want to take time to reflect on some ideas I wrote down as…Read more
Present Shock Book Reflections: Digiphrenia and Multi-tasking
From the book Present Shock Digiphrenia – the way our media and technologies encourage us to be in more than one place at the same time. My Thoughts Mr. Multitasking…Read more