The postive impact of gratitude
There is so much darkness right now. We are heading into a cold winter with little hope of being able to gather with our friends and family. School won’t be […]
Empowered Digital Leaders: Fall Cohort
This weekend marks the 1 year anniversary of my Google Innovator experience in New York. There, I set out to address a problem in education: an increase in students using
How are you doing? Making time to check in
I have been using the fun Rubber Ducky check in and many of the others generously shared by Jenn Giffen on a regular basis and I have to tell you,
Managing virtual and in-person synchronous instruction
I was walking my dog. By myself. No headphones, just the rustling of trees so I could think. I am collaborating on a resource for our teachers with some of
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Building Community and Supporting Mental Well Being
With so many boards choosing so many formats for what learning looks like, I know there is much anxiety about how to deliver curriculum. And yet, we need to recognize
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Bitmoji Lockers and Classrooms and Getting to Know our Students
I had no idea that Bitmoji classrooms had become such a point of controversy for educators. There are teachers who are being criticized for apparently spending in excess of 3
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What do your alumni have to offer? Mine showed me how to rock a LinkedIn Profile
Near the end of the school year, we offered our grade 11 students an opportunity to have a LinkedIn Workshop as part of our Individual Pathways Program and get career
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3 Things I have learned from teaching summer school remotely
I may be a glutton for punishment, but when a team of great teachers on my staff invited me to teach a Kickstart program designed to familiarize grade 8 students
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Cancel Culture and our students
There has been quite a bit of conversation around our dinner table around people getting, “canceled”. Both my teenage daughters have used the word frequently as of late to characterize
An Interaction Circle on Twitter: What? How? Why or Why not?
Lately, I have been tagged by some of my Twitter PLN friends in a circle with the faces of people with whom they interact on Twitter. If you are like
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