Month January 2016
Teachers have scarce resources. One is tempted to think money is the scarcest, but in reality, it is time. What teachers perennially want to know when faced with new initiatives and mandates is – how to attain the balance of big impact, little investment?… Continue Reading →
Conventional wisdom dictates that some things cannot be rushed. In education, that often meant you needed to put in your years before you were wise. I would suggest that even though school years plod on at a consistent pace, your… Continue Reading →
Do you want to jumpstart Twitter usage in your school or district? Have you considered holding a Twitter Challenge? Run your challenge any number of days, but a well-publicized Twitter Challenge should encourage educators who have been on the fence about Twitter to… Continue Reading →
When your chances of snow look like this, but you get an email from school at 5:30AM that yes-you-still-have-school-today it might mean you believe you are snow-worthy. To different people this might mean different things. The students are easy to understand;… Continue Reading →
I have an idea of who my audience is for this blog. However, I often check-in with myself trying to establish, am I reaching that audience? The manner in which I expect to find an audience has changed over the lifespan… Continue Reading →
Sometimes it is an idea you know is rudimentary, but you recognize your idea in it when they repeat it back to you. I always worry the easiest parts of an idea take hold and the details are forgotten, but… Continue Reading →
2015 was an interesting year for me as a blogger. I started off blogging New Year 2015 strongly, but then waned in the second half of the calendar year. I am excited to increase my participation and be blogging more… Continue Reading →
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