New job, new blog
This is my first post from my new blog. First of all I want to say that I love my job! I’m the IT Learning Specialist at Berlin Brandenburg International School. I am fortunate enough to be a coach,...
View ArticleOpt out OK?
Is it ok in this day and age for a teacher to decide to opt out of technology? Some teachers contend that they’re surrounded by it their entire lives outside of school ergo school should be a place...
View ArticleEdCampMN reflections
I attended the 2011 Hamline University Teaching and Technology Institute which was organized following the EdCamp model. This highly participatory model of professional development draws on the...
View ArticleHow make yourself available and relevant?
Adrienne Michetti and I posed this question to a room of teachers, teachers during a presentation at TeachIT2011 recently. We asked this question near the end as a way to get the teachers to think...
View Article30 Goals Challenge: #1/30 – ME Manifesto
I’ve decided to participate in the 30 Goals Challenge and I encourage all of you to do the same. Yes, it’s a lot to do and another thing on top of all the busyness you have in your life, but it is …...
View ArticleIB DP, Inquiry and the Growth Mindset
I just finished a great PD session led by our High School Principal and Vice Principals about the Growth Mindset and how we can make it the foundation of our approach to learning. There were a lot of...
View Article“Think before you post”– teens aren’t listening.
“Think before you post” has become the “Just say no” of digital citizenship education. It provides teachers, parents, and counselors with a nice tidy slogan to repeat again and again to our...
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