I’m not sure using games for engagement in the classroom is enough, but it is a start: It is this persistence in learning that I find so special about learning spaces that involve clear challenges. What they can experience in a game is working toward a definite goal with real opportunities …
A wonderful reminder of the right priorities for humans within school systems: You are right. The ones we love are so potently and powerfully important that little else matters when you are faced with losing them. It makes honoring and valuing them such an urgent matter. How can we best …
A great reflective piece on a 6.5 hour PD session with mostly sitting and getting: I really appreciate how you went through exactly how you were feeling throughout this “day of learning.” Each time you felt bored or compliant, I could see you clearly in that space. I think I …
A great reflective piece on a 6.5 hour PD session with mostly sitting and getting: I really appreciate how you went through exactly how you were feeling throughout this “day of learning.” Each time you felt bored or compliant, I could see you clearly in that space. I think I …
We should all be so lucky as to have a teacher that is reaching out like this and creating new opportunities for learning with their kids: Regardless of whether or not this “gets big”, you have done something spectacular here. The risk you are taking is not simply for trying …
The Deaf and Hard Of Hearing education bloggers are seemingly in their own part of the blogophere, but I think there are wonderful implications for their ideas for the rest of us: Your emphasis on giving these children (and their families) mentors is wonderful. The type of mentorship that you …
I’m curious to hear how other folks are using an Professional Learning Profile to help personalize for teachers and…
Read this story, and empathize with this child: This is such an amazing story about your son, and one that I believe MANY more people should read and learn from. I sometimes forget that our kids are physical beings just as much as they are amazing and creative minds. I …
I love this consideration of play from a Principal in AR: I really love the question you captioned one of the photos with: “Can you find the teacher?” I think this is at the heart of why play matters so much. If everyone in the room (or the wide open …
A wonderful story of the important soft skills that are taught in the every day actions in the classroom: Your companion video to this post is pretty profound in its reflection upon actual practice and our ability, as educators, to change and shift based upon this reflection. The fact that …