Sarah Lewis, the first keynote at ASCD this year, was simply incredible. She shared many, many stories that resonated with me on failure and why our perspectives needed to shift on this thought. The main one is the thought that there is a difference between success and mastery. She talked of archers…archers aren’t shooting for […]
Success shouldn’t be the goal. Read More »
ASCD is having its annual this conference in Houston this weekend. I am a member of several organizations, and attend several national conferences, in addition to local region/state events, and this by FAR is my favorite. Attending ASCD provides a chance to grow, as well as make connections with other educators from around the nation.
Conferencing at #ASCD15? Here’s why you better be! Read More »
Confession: I’m not that great with technology. I know, I know…”Technically Teamann” and all that jazz. But really, I’m not great with technology. I can’t code. I couldn’t reroute an access point. I don’t build computers. I don’t develop software. I don’t build apps. Or teach people how to do ANY of those things. I can
Culture & Leadership Connections: Are you #FutureReady? Read More »
It’s that time of year. Where the holiday break is definitively in the past. Where testing pressure has started to increase. When Spring Break is close…but not quite close enough. Take time today to remember that we alone have the power to choose our good attitude. Click To Tweet Be the kind of person who doesn’t
Chin up, buttercup! Read More »
February, despite its dreary reputation, has become one of my favorite months because of the awesome Melinda Miller. She introduced me to a way to cheer up what she affectionately calls, “the armpit of the school year”, aka February. Each Friday has its own special activity, most are free, or cheap, and all are designed
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This post was originally written for Classflow. After you’re done reading, check out this webinar and blog post to learn how ClassFlow can support various ways of demonstrating mastery, too! As important as it is to have academic goals, learning outcomes, and a decisive idea of where your curriculum road is going, how do you
Demonstrating learning doesn’t have to look the same for every student… Read More »
Making goals is easy…the challenge comes in actually making them happen. My goals this year aren’t exciting. They aren’t earth shattering. They are, however, going to be accomplish-able, which to me, is the whole point. Some build on things from the fall semester. Some are in conjunction with accountability from my friends, my peers,
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Tony Sinanis recently blogged about his big “three” as an admin and challenged me to write about what I think might be my big three. While I completely agree with his three: “be the ears, be the voice, and be the culture”, it would be redundant to say mine are the same. Instead I’ll share
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The evolution of this blog has come a long way. It began as a tool I used in my fourth grade classroom. It then became a place I could share all of the great things I was seeing in classrooms and share techie resources as a technology facilitator. It then became a place to share
If the blog title fits…goodbye, Technically yours, Teamann! Read More »
Taking part in the #EDUDO movement, I thought I would share a couple of tips and tricks discussed in our admin meeting last week on providing feedback. There was an ASCD post recently from Robyn Jackson that highlighted 4 ways to give effective feedback. There was a post in the Washington Post that came to
#EDUDO: Giving feedback…easy ways to make it happen! Read More »