**Note that last week I wrote about my thoughts on this book from Chapter 1 in case you want to see the initial thinking** In The Extinction of Experience, Christine…Read more
Last week, I shared insights from a full-day professional development (PD) session on Productivity & Accountability and introduced a 10-week newsletter series to help educators take small, meaningful steps toward…Read more
Back in January I was listening to one of my all time longest running favorite podcasts that has never left my feed, Six Pixels of Separation, where Mitch Joel interviewd…Read more
This past week, I had the opportunity to lead a full-day professional development (PD) session focused on Productivity & Accountability, one of Iowa’s Universal Constructs. This wasn’t just about introducing…Read more
Words, in the end, are where we live and how we build the world inside the universe. They shape our thoughts, our connections, and our reality. As Ursula K. Le…Read more
Throughout this little series of thought nuggets I have processing, I’ve explored the art of observation and how it shapes our understanding (Part 1), as well as how our intrinsic…Read more
In my journey to better understand how observation shapes engagement, I recently took Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies quiz (take it here). The results revealed that I am an Obliger—someone who…Read more
**before you read the post I just love the phrase nooks and crannies that I heard from my friend Jed Dearybury when joining me for a PD on play so…Read more
What does it truly mean to be productive in an educational setting? Too often, we equate productivity with busyness—checking off tasks, keeping up with grading, and managing classrooms. But real…Read more
As educators, we often feel the need to do it all—plan, teach, inspire, troubleshoot, and support our students in countless ways. But one of the most powerful things we can…Read more