Author: Ben Wilkoff
What I'm Using: Gmail GifLine | The Fast way to put GIFs in your emails
This is awesome! I will be using this in nearly every email from here on out (alright, maybe not EVERY email). The fastest way to include GIFs in your emails write anywhere of the email body ::gif me thegifyouneed and the gif will appear as soon as you stop writing …
#C4C15: The Joy of PD | BOO YAH Education
The Stephen Johnson work I am describing is partly here. I believe deeply in expanding what is possible for our own learning and the learning of others. This is the entire point for me: conferences can “give me the time and space to try new things and to discuss new …
#C4C15: Edu Change & Advocacy: New Tech, New Standards, New Everything….Won't Matter Unless We Change Old Mindsets
A principal that is making some really great moves: This post is brilliant. You are providing so much in the way of student ownership for learning and I really respect the way in which you have laid out the priorities for schools. The one thing that resonated with me most, …
#C4C15: creativeStir: The Myth of the Superstar Superintendent… really?
I like this dissection of what makes a great superintendent, but I think the team is just as important as the single person at the helm: I love that you have based this upon research and empathy interviews. I believe that you have looked at many different facets of leadership and …
#C4C15: Shanahan on Literacy: Teaching Visual Literacy Makes a Big Difference
How can we recognize more biases of our teaching practice: Recognizing your bias against images as text is wonderful and will serve as an important point of reflection. While I too struggle with media as text, I believe that there are so many new types of media that blur the …
#C4C15: Stop teaching on-demand writing, make writers instead | Metawriting
The way that we make writers is to make writing more authentic: I love the way in which you have mixed memes into your writing and brought out the most salient points for others to take and share. I agree with you that we should stop the artificiality of on-demand …
#C4C15: Reederama: Assessing the fifth graders' understanding of thick and thin questions
What a wonderful example of shared student work: I love how transparent you are being about your children’s work. By including all of their responses, as well as the analysis you have done upon them, you are allowing us to draw our own conclusions and see them in the context …
#C4C15: More Trust is NOT the Answer: A Co-Blog with Ann Rose Santoro (@Arsant10) — Medium
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 …
#C4C15: Professional: Development vs. Learning | Outside the Education Box
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 …