When it’s time for a change
I currently have perhaps the best job in the world. I work with an amazing team of professionals, I get to engage in learning and thinking about topics in education […]
Rethinking Student (Digital) Leadership and Digital Citizenship
In our increasingly digital and connected world, it is imperative that we teach our children to be responsible citizens–both online and face to face. Online*, this means that they share
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If Everything is Social Media to teens…
I just read this excellent post by Carl Hooker, The Truth About Teens: Everything is Social Media, shared by George Couros. Hooker speaks about his experiences working with a group of
Professional Learning and Physical Constraints
I was honoured to be invited to facilitate a workshop for Canadian World Studies teachers around the topic of inquiry-based learning. As I began to plan, I realized that they were
How might we measure Innovative Practice?
Monitoring and measurement are things that I know I am supposed to do in my role as Literacy Consultant, but it is something I find the most difficult to do.
What if…
What if we believed that everything that we had to make great schools was already within our organization, and we just needed to develop and share it? (Couros 117). This
Reimagining School
A few years ago I was invited into a classroom where students were asked to reimagine school for a project in their Business class. They had some interesting ideas including
Innovative Change: FETC Executive Leadership Summit 2016
Last week I had the privilege of attending an Executive Leadership Summit organized by Jennifer Womble and hosted by Tom Murray and Eric Sheninger, along with George Couros who played
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New Year’s Resolutions
I was challenged by my #edumatch friend, Margaret Sisler to write a reflective post for New Year’s and thought, wow, no pressure! Then I came across this wonderful sketchnote by Sylvia
Professional learning that works
There is no paucity of articles bemoaning the state of professional learning and providing suggestions as to what to do about this. I have been collecting articles about this since