Moving From A Culture of Activities Towards a Culture of Learning

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 […]

Learning with Jordan Tinney – #LTELT

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 […]

What’s Best For Kids?

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 […]

Learning not Grades: Answers from #Educon

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 […]

Future Ready – Are We? 10/10

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 […]

When Will You Be Ready? 9/10

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 […]

We Don’t Think Differently (or do we?) – 7/10

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? […]

Who Decides What Should Be Measured? – 5/10

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! _______________________________________________ Who gets to decide what we measure when we assign a number to our students? […]

Your Friends Take Amazing Pictures! – 2/10

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! ______________________________________ How do we model “network and remix” for our students? I adore the images my […]

Enabling Educators to be Learners: 1/10

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! ___________________________________________________________ How can we enable our colleagues to access the rich professional learning opportunities available online? […]