Leading From The HeartI am back in the classroom. Writing that is akin to writing that I am back home. After a long hiatus that brought me through high school, adult ed, and teacher professional development I am back in an elementary school and it sure feels fine. I am reminded of old posts I wrote on this … Being liked.
I am listening to CBC while waiting for Jack to finish his smoothie and get out of his bath (multitasking). Listening specifically to an interview about the dangers of unlearning over the summer. (I can’t find a CBC reference but here is a CTV article that mentions the same person being interviewed: Is the Summer … On unlearning or the summer slide.
This could be any gym in any high school at this time of year: prepared for final exams with tables in a row – inspiring the fear of cheating, whispering, failing. Over the past 30 years, we have witnessed and experienced such incredible change to how we access information and communicate with each other: In … High school: the more things change
I originally published this post in May of 2013. I feel this rant coming on again…so here you go. I hear so many educators complain about how technology is hijacking our students’ education. How they don’t know how to be digital citizens. How they are addicted. How all they care about is YouTube and Facebook … A note (again) on digital citizenship
Part of my job, no. Most of my job has me thinking about Professional Development. Today it has me wondering about how much others think about it. As a teacher, how much importance do you place on PD? Is it something you do because it is part of your yearly schedule or is it something … Professional Development – some questions and thoughts