Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
I’m writing today at the tail end of a National Writing Project Building New Pathways for teacher Leadership Convening in New Orleans. For the last year, I’ve been working with a smart team of NWPeeps to think about the role of badging and micro credentials in supporting new pathways for teacher leaders in the National […]
Read More On Not Solving ProblemsI’m writing this morning from the last morning of the Building New Pathways Working Meeting, which stopped being a Listening Retreat and became the Working Meeting at around 10:30am yesterday, as the larger group of assembled National Writing Project leaders headed home and a smaller subset of the group stayed to begin their work as […]
Read More Badges. #nwpleads Badges.I’m working this week from Austin, Texas, where I’m at the Building New Pathways event with the National Writing Project. One of my more interesting consulting projects right now is working on this project, a deep dive into how we build and sustain new pathways for leadership development in the local sites, and the national […]
Read More Me, #nwpleads, and 2 Metaphors for NWP LeadershipAt the library, I’m working with a team of really smart folks who want to offer the best opportunities for our patrons ((I’m still getting used to calling the people I serve “patrons.” But I like it.)). One of the reasons I wanted to work with the Clearview Library District was the intensity with which […]
Read More Making a Maker Space. Again.It’s probably a month or two ago now that I was talking with my friend Ben about programming and some of the work that he’s exploring and that I’m involved in. There’s a project in my school district, folks working to figure out how to encourage computer science as the “fourth r” alongside reading, ‘riting, […]
Read More When Programming Becomes PersuasionTonight, we held our first in a series of informal meet ups intended to help build collegiality and shared expertise around being a 1:1 school district. Michelle named these events iPad Geekouts, or, for short, iGO. During tonight’s event, I was responsible for facilitating some sharing and conversation around shifts and issues relating to technology […]
Read More “Don’t Use the iPad Just to Use the iPad”“Thinking about software as the primary way of solving problems (in any field) forces us to frame problems in terms that software is capable of addressing.” – Paul Franz at _The Atlantic_. Software isn’t really meant to take the place of someone who cares about you and wants to work with you to succeed. Unless […]
Read More Learning is ComplicatedA little while back, I had the opportunity to discuss our iPad 1:1 work with my friend and colleague, Antero Garcia. He wrote up the conversation and posted the video. Take a peek. Be sure to read his comments about the conversation over at DML Central. I really hope we get the chance to continue […]
Read More Talking iPads and IntentionWe’re reading Unmistakable Impact by Jim Knight together as a large team at work. This is the third post in my series on that reading and reflection. This month’s chapter is on coaching, both the role of the coach and the practices and habits an instructional coach can use to make a difference in his or her work. […]
Read More On Coaching and ChoiceIt sure seems like, whenever I tell someone what it is I do, that somebody wants to tell me about the tablet they just bought. Then I’m immediately asked this question: “What apps should I buy?” And I guess I understand why. Once you’ve got a piece of hardware, then certainly you need to put […]
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