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Focus on Beginners: What do you Need to Start Connecting?

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Focus on Beginners: What do you Need to Start Connecting?blog, change, collaboration, connect, creativity, engagement, lead, leader, learn, Ontario, social media, teaching, technology, Twitter, visible learning
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EdCampWR (part 2) – Everyone Has Something IMPORTANT to Share

Donna Miller Fry1 Comment on EdCampWR (part 2) – Everyone Has Something IMPORTANT to Sharebelief, collaboration, edcamp, edcampwr, educon, engagement, hope, leadership, learn, learning, life, motivation, student success, technology, visible learning

This past week, I have been explaining the concept of “EdCamp” to a lot of people.  It’s on a Saturday, it’s free, it’s open to anyone wanting to learn, and “everyone has something to share”.  The program is driven by the learning needs of the people in attendance, and the smartest person in the room […]

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When Learning Has Nothing To Do With It

Donna Miller Fry2 Comments on When Learning Has Nothing To Do With Itchange, collaboration, grades, hope, leading, learn, learning, life, literacy, marks, mindset, motivation, post-secondary, reform, university, visible learning

Last week, Jan Wong, currently an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communications at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, wrote an article for the Chronicle Herald outlining her concern about her Journalism students cheating on quizzes. The sentences from her post that most resonated with me are below. It should be no surprise at all that […]

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The Future is NOT a Multiple Choice Test

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on The Future is NOT a Multiple Choice Testchange, children, create, creativity, design, learn, project, reform, think

This video is everything I believe about education. If you do nothing else today to further your professional learning, take 13 minutes and watch this video. Our kids need you to do it.

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Student Mental Health in the Media

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Student Mental Health in the Mediaanxiety, learn, mental health, school, stress, teacher

Recently, there was an uproar about math scores in Ontario.  The media called the results of the PISA test “a crisis” and quickly blamed schools, teachers, the education system, and anyone else related to public education. Yesterday, we learned shocking statistics about the state of students’ mental health in Toronto District School Board.  The response? […]

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Learning at #Educon

Donna Miller Fry2 Comments on Learning at #Educoneducon, empower, engage, learn, learner, ownership

I am taking a moment away from the learning to capture some of the key ideas emerging from Educon 2.6: Click on the image if the Axioms are too small to read.  Consider how they might inform your daily practice. Educon is held at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. I took this shot during […]

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Not Everybody Has a Good Day Every Day

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Not Everybody Has a Good Day Every Daycare, environment, friend, frustration, learn, sad, sorrow, support

Sometimes, things just don’t go well.  For so many of us, we are running, running, running.  We can take one or two things falling apart but there are days when catching a break seems elusive. Kurt & Kristina via Compfight cc I had a morning like that today. “At least I am here to experience […]

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Teach Less, Learn More

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Teach Less, Learn Moreaspire, challenge, change, dream, honour, learn, live

What do you think of the wisdom of Andy Hargreaves? Do you allow your communities to dream? How do you grow sustainably? How do you build success that lasts? Metrics are important, but the goals must be shared. If you follow someone else’s path, you will only get as far as they did. Do not […]

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My Definition of Good Pedagogy Includes Technology

Donna Miller Fry5 Comments on My Definition of Good Pedagogy Includes Technologychange, engagement, hope, lead, leader, leadership, learn, learning, mindset, reform, share, teaching, technology, visible learning

Last night during the Learning 2030 rebroadcast, one of the tweets that came across my screen was a statement that said, “Technology does not replace good pedagogy”. I see this quote quite frequently in my work, and I worry about it a bit. I worry because in the same way that “good” standardized test scores […]

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#etMOOC +1: The Power of People

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on #etMOOC +1: The Power of Peoplechange, collaboration, engagement, etmooc, hope, leadership, learn, mindset, MOOC, reform, teaching, technology, Twitter, visible learning

As we celebrate the first anniversary of #etMOOC*, I am overwhelmed with the stories of growth and sharing and learning. * For those who hear about how MOOCs are a trend, a fad, a failure or a passing phase, here is the kind of MOOC I am referring to: #etMOOC connected people. It wasn’t about […]

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