I have been fascinating with a the idea of giving both students and educators 20% time based on the writings of Dan Pink and the book Drive (a must read for all educators in my opinion). There has been some momentum growing in education around this idea and this past year I followed a few teachers who implemented “Genius Hour” […]
People often ask me how much I travel and how I like this life style of being a consultant so seeing that I have just passed the one year mark of trying to make a living at presenting and consulting with schools, I thought I’d reflect on the past year and what’s yet to come.
This past year was an incredible journey as I made the transition in June from full time educator to full time consultant.
I continue to think about how lectures are changing in our new connected world. My last blog post primed my thinking and thanks to the comments and a great run yesterday. I have been able to push my own thinking to what it is I was trying to get at and the changes to the lecture that we’re seeing today. […]
The problem is once overwhelemed the brain stops processing information, you stop learning, and things go down hill from there.Â
So before I sign off until 2011 I wanted to stop and reflect on 2010…which in many different ways turned out to be a very good year.
Of course this is my story and many others have made it to the islands, or beaches multiple times, but for me…it seems life has gotten in the way.
I came into work today and started unpacking as usual as my colleague Dennis Harter started unpacking for the day as well. He was complaining about a headache he had this morning and we started brainstorming what it could be from. We ended up talking about water and how neither of us feels like we’re drink enough water through the […]
Since I’ve been on vacation and reflecting offline for the past two weeks, it’s time for me to put down my thoughts for 2008 and my predictions for 2009 (a separate post). What can I say about 2008? It was a fascinating year for me professionally. I started the year without a job having resigned from Shanghai American School and […]
I’ve been thinking about reflection lately and how we use it in our classrooms. I can remember being in elementary school and being asked to reflect in a journal. Reflection is a great process…a proven process of learning. We’ve been asking students to reflect for years in education so one simple question: Do you give yourself permission to reflect during […]