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Nov
11
Two Wolves
Category: Learning Conversations, Social Responsibility, books I like, education, leadership, lessons, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection | 
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An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.
“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.
One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”
“The […]
Oct
27
Hargreaves and the 4th Way
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
After reading The Fourth Way article in Educational Leadership/October 2008, by Andrew Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley, I’ve been trying to apply personal meaning to this new way. The 4th Way has five Pillars of Purpose, three Principals of Professionalism and four Catalysts of Coherence. But I think The 4th way rests firmly on just one […]
Oct
21
POD’s
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, digital native, leadership, restructuring, technology | 2 Comments
No it isn’t about the Technology. It also isn’t about ‘getting knowledge‘. New school meets old school and neither school is where we are at right now.
I wish people would stop trying to compare old ways with new ways and started asking, “What can we do with this amazing new tool?” or “How can I […]
Oct
13
VOTE!
Category: Social Responsibility, leadership | 2 Comments
It is your right. It is your responsibility.
It is your civic duty.
You are not being asked to go to war, to defend your right to vote, to make a personal sacrifice for freedom… that has been done for you.
What other civic duty is asked of you?
Do a little research, ask people that you respect […]
Sep
30
TLITE Presentations
Category: Learning Conversations, Pro-D, blogging, connecting online, education, leadership, networks, pairadimes, presentation, technology | Leave a Comment
For the last couple Mondays I have presented to two of Betty Gilgoff’s TLITE Classes, (TLITE- Teaching and Learning in an Information Technology Environment). I did two different presentations one based loosely on Learning Conversations and the other on This My Blog has Taught Me. Both presentations asked for teachers to contribute to a VoiceThread […]
Sep
19
What ‘we’ want for ‘our’ children
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, compassion, leadership, pairadimes, presentation, reflection | Leave a Comment
Heidi Hass Gable has done something special!
Here is her presentation, What I Want for My Children:
Her post simply says this:
My hope is that it will move you, it will motivate you,
it will make you think and it will inspire you to get involved in your child’s education,
to support your teachers and to be part of […]
Sep
12
1-to-1 presentation
Category: School2.0, education, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, presentation, restructuring, technology | 2 Comments
A year ago I went to see my friends Dave Sands and Brian Kuhn presenting to parents that were part of a 1-1 (one laptop per child) pilot program at a Middle School. Little did I know that I’d be moved to that same school as the Vice Principal in February, and that I’d be […]
Sep
2
By Design: Please keep the toilet seat in the upright position!
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, Square Peg, blogging, books I like, connecting online, education, humour, instructional design, leadership, learning, lessons, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | 3 Comments
[This post is about questioning why we do what we do, so that we can do things in new, better ways. It specifically looks at design, differentiated instruction and assessment.]
I’m going to flush out an idea here and maybe even start a movement!
If you want to sit on a dry toilet seat, then […]
Aug
29
Great Expectations
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, Social Responsibility, leadership, learning, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 2 Comments
Yesterday I had coffee with Heidi Hass Gable, our new District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) President, and blogger at “I was thinking…“. I suggested to her that she watch Lost Generation while we were discussing some well thought out ideas she shared with me about nothing less than the purpose of education. Here is the […]
Aug
16
beg for foregiveness
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, leadership, lessons, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 2 Comments
Sometimes it is better to beg for forgiveness
than it is to ask for permission.
We’ve all heard that before, but we can’t all be Gary Stager and do what we want when we want. [Please see the first two comments for some clarification on this statement.] Sometimes we have to be political, sometimes we have to […]
