Trusting teachers is essential. How we get there is still up for debate. I really like the ways in which you have dissected the building of trust. The Vulnerability and Accountability sections are particularly spot on when I look at the biggest shifts that we might be driving toward in …
The people that you are at the PD buffet with matter. Those who support you in making better choices are better than those that keep you going back for the same items again and again. I think the most important aspect of what you have identified is that you do …
The people that you are at the PD buffet with matter. Those who support you in making better choices are better than those that keep you going back for the same items again and again. I think the most important aspect of what you have identified is that you do …
I have been looking for this capability in Google Sheets for a very long time, and finally someone built it! Big thanks to Christopher Evans for this. When data is color-coded and the only constant is the color of the cells or the fonts, sorting your data can be difficult. …
I have been looking for this capability in Google Sheets for a very long time, and finally someone built it! Big thanks to Christopher Evans for this. When data is color-coded and the only constant is the color of the cells or the fonts, sorting your data can be difficult. …
I didn’t mean for this to be a rant, but I think I was on the right blog to leave this comment: I was once a young teacher. It is not so far into my distant memory that I can’t vividly remember exactly what it felt like to be nervous …
Kristen Swanson models reflection better than almost anyone else I know. I find myself trying to rationalize this journey all of the time. But, it isn’t that I need a better answer to why I engage in community the way that I do, but rather it is that I need …
Setting goals for teachers is hard. First, I think these goals are brilliant. In particular, I think these goals are some of the best that I have seen for PD: 1. What is possible to do with technology that could not be done without it 2. Understand that learner questions …
This metaphor is wonderful for creating a relevant educator. I just wonder if we need to keep on recommending tools or if we can recommend ideas and approaches that are supported by tools. Your metaphor for relevance in the classroom is wonderful. While most of my salads have fewer ingredients …
At some point in the not too distant future, I will likely do a screencast on how to set up a Github Pages website using Jekyll like the one here: http://bhwilkoff.github.io/. For now, however, I just want to remember my favorite web-based github editor which is called Prose. I also think …