by Donna Miller Fry (@fryed)
It’s far too late to be up, but sleep won’t come for awhile yet. Tuesday nights, after board meetings, are always like this. As a Superintendent, you have to be “on” for the whole meeting, ready to answer any questions. Meetings are long. Reports are presented. Topics that come up can be surprising, seemingly out […]
Here are my summary notes from the Getting Smart Podcast, Episode 257. Dr. Tony Wagner is a well-known educator and author of many books, including co-author (with Ted Dintersmith) of “Most Likely To Succeed” – which became the wildly successful documentary on education. In this recent podcast, Tony talks about his new memoir, Learning By […]
I’ll admit, my first response to closing school for 1.5 billion children worldwide was to think about the opportunity to finally shift our thinking about school to a vision for 2020 and beyond. I was excited to see so many thought leaders in education also trying to figure out how to do this. Then there […]
This week I’ve tuned into lots of online chatter about the purpose of blogging. How do we reflect? How do we share? Where are the conversations? What technology makes reflection easier? In the back of my mind for some time, has been this piece by Dean Shareski: I Don’t Read Your Blog It made me […]
“The balance between leading and learning is essential.” (Fullan 2017, p. 62) Back in early December, we met with our Assistant Principals in Western Region (NLESD) to talk about Learning Leadership. We shared that Learning Leadership was an essential approach to effective practice in schools. The feedback from that event was that overwhelmingly, the biggest […]
On this last day of 2017, I am going back over my year of learning. The purpose of this post is mainly to help me reflect, and to organize my work into one place for easy access. If you are reading this, I invite you to take a quick look at some of the topics […]
This week, in #nled, principals in the Western Region are meeting f2f. At one of our sessions, we are learning about the connections between the networked lives of our students, and their mental health. The slides for the session are shared below. Thanks, in particular, to Dr. Alec Couros for posting his slides on Slideshare. […]
One of the most powerful benefits to having a strong Professional Learning Network (PLN) is how they can push you to do the work you must do, the work that makes you open and vulnerable, even when you think you don’t have time. Why we do what we do is an essential question educators must […]
We often hear that educators want to own their own learning. Where do educators go for quality content? Many educators are curating resources in many different locations. Tonight I started a newsletter for blog followers that brings to your attention some of the most recent, interesting information being shared on the web, and suggests people […]
Here are some of the recorded conversations I have had recently with educators dedicated to producing audio work to promote quality professional learning. I encourage you to listen to their other podcasts as well (links provided). With Derek Rodenizer (Ontario) on the Beyond the Staffroom Podcast ….as we discuss keeping learners at the centre […]
