by Donna Miller Fry (@fryed)
In a recent post (Where’s the Beef?), I identified the problem with sharing ‘activities’ in online environments. How do we help educators and leaders identify visible learning as opposed to visible activities? Silvia Rosenthal Talisano carried the conversation further, with the suggestion of the #document4learning hashtag for sharing learning openly in social media. My colleagues […]
This morning, Jordan Tinney graciously shared his time with Ontario educators. TELT Contacts, DeLCs, TELO EOs and Provincial Leads were treated to an hour of learning live with Jordan, who was sitting in the dark in his office at 5:15 a.m. BC time. Now that is dedication! And we are ever so grateful. Here are […]
This post is part of a collaborative blog hop. We all write on a single topic, then post all of the links at once so that readers can read many different viewpoints at the same time. Join in here. It’s never too late! If I were to build a school from scratch, I would […]
For the past 24 hours I have been participating in the rich, immediate conversations in The Innovator’s Mindset Voxer Group. Last night, we were thinking a lot about the challenges of innovating from the middle. When we challenge leaders to innovate their practice, we are seen as “rogues”, as troublemakers (I can’t tell you how […]
This post is part of a blog hop on innovation. Details can be found here. ________________________________________________________ Innovation in Education is… For me, innovation in education has two parts: a) successfully navigating barriers to create an inclusive, participatory, and responsive learning environment for everyone, and b) building relationships to successfully and collaboratively break down those barriers […]
Educon, for me, has always been such a hotbed of fresh ideas. This year, the theme of Educon 2.8 is EMPOWERMENT. Here is part of the Friday night panel conversation that seriously resonated with me. I didn’t ask the question, but I am thankful to the person who did. How do we transform students from […]
What is Future Ready? Jon Phillips – Managing Director, Worldwide Education, Dell Inc. _____________________________ This post is part of a 10 day posting challenge issued by Tina Zita. You can’t be a connected educator if you don’t contribute. Sometimes we need a nudge to remember that if nobody shares, nobody learns. Thanks Tina! ____________________________ This […]
Are we preparing our students for the world we grew up in or the world they are growing up in?* ___________________________ This post is part of a 10 day posting challenge issued by Tina Zita. You can’t be a connected educator if you don’t contribute. Sometimes we need a nudge to remember that if nobody […]
How can we provide rich digital learning environments to ensure that all students have access to the pathways they need for success? ____________________________________ This post is part of a 10 day posting challenge issued by Tina Zita. You can’t be a connected educator if you don’t contribute. Sometimes we need a nudge to remember that […]
Do we think differently, or have we just learned differently? This post is part of a 10 day posting challenge issued by Tina Zita. You can’t be a connected educator if you don’t contribute. Sometimes we need a nudge to remember that if nobody shares, nobody learns. Thanks Tina! _________________________________________________________ Silence. You’ve felt that right? […]
