In every classroom there are students who don’t quite fit in. They may be more mature than their peers, or less mature than their peers. They may dress differently. They may learn differently. They may laugh differently. Sometimes they may BEHAVE differently. It doesn’t take much a for a student to ostracize themself from […]
What do you do for the unloved? Be a LOVE NINJA! Read More »
Digital Learning Day is about giving every child the opportunity to learn in a robust digital environment everyday, with the goal of success in college and a career. On Wednesday, February 5, tens of thousands of teachers and millions of students across the country will participate in the third annual Digital Learning Day—a national celebration of
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pause: pôz/ noun 1.a temporary stop in action or speech. “she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain” synonyms: stop, cessation, break, halt, interruption, check, lull, respite, breathing space, discontinuation, hiatus, gap, interlude; More Have you ever noticed that conversations can seem like more of a contest to see who can get the most words in, the most laughs, or their point across the quickest? Half
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If you haven’t seen the movie “Frozen” yet, I highly recommend it. While I did see it with my girls originally, I absolutely saw it again with a grown up friend…it’s that good! One of the main characters is Elsa, who is voiced by Idina Menzel. She has an icy curse and at a climatic
Leadership lessons from “Let it go”: not just a Disney song! Read More »
Tonight is our tacos and technology night! We’re inviting parents in to hear where we are going as a campus using Twitter and to help them understand/get involved in our conversation! My initial invite for Technology & Tacos spelled out the “who” should come, modeled after Sam LeDeaux, up in Chicago, who was so helpful while
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I am in charge of our campus Christmnas card each year. I consider it my badge of honor (albeit, a badge made up in my head) that I’ve not done the same style of card in 4 years. (It’s the little things.) When I started thinking about something for this year, I remembered a tool
A power point Christmas? No thank you…an alternative! Read More »
What do you get when you combine a free walkie talkie app, a New Yorker, some Wisconsins, a Missouri-an, and a Texan? Day after day after day of professional advice, personal support, and a LOT of smiles. Jessica Johnson introduced me to Voxer while planning our Indiana Leadership presentation. I have to admit, I didn’t
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While preparing for my upcoming edWeb.net webinar, (which is free and open for registration!) “Become a PD Pro! Best Practices for Administrators” I decided to tackle a couple of books in my ever growing stack of “must reads” I came across William Sterrett’s “Short on Time” and thought it seemed applicable. These new publications are GENIUS.
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I wrote about managing time over on the School Admin Virtual Mentoring Program blog this week and it really resonated with something a couple of assistant principals’ and I recently discussed. We’re all working late and we’re all working hard. I think that’s just educators as a whole in this trying time of national pressure and low
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I know that sounds a lil’extreme, but seriously, it did. Dropbox is a storing/sharing place in the cloud that allows you to keep up with all of your files,where ever you are, even across platforms. I love this blurb I came across: “This program acts as a “magic pocket” which is always with you
How using Dropbox changed my life! Read More »