Three Quotes- Servant Leadership, Creative Tension & Vision, Knowledge Sharing in Schools

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMMMM…

June 27, 2008 - 3:58 am | blogging, education, leadership, Learning Conversations, metaphor, pairadimes, presentation, Pro-D, School2.0, student leadership, technology

What comes around

June 17, 2008 - 6:44 am | compassion, cyberbullying, instructional design, pairadimes, Social Responsibility, student leadership

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The task was simple: Have your advisory pick an issue in the school and then create a video that promotes awareness of the problem and/or a solution to the problem. This is what Mr. Williams’ advisory came up with last year. I like the use of camera direction to help tell the story. This to me is great storytelling… which is almost a lost art. Videos like this tell the story more by design than … Continue reading →

“Release the Hounds” by Chris Harbeck

May 18, 2008 - 1:12 pm | education, learning, pairadimes, Pedegogy, presentation, Pro-D, School2.0, student leadership

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You can go to the K12Online page or to Chris’ wiki page. To put it simply… there is something here for everyone! Description This presentation takes participants along my journey into integrating 2.0 applications and “21st Century Learning” into my pedagogy. The presentation will show how teacher driven assignments and projects teach students some of the skills they need to use these new technologies to enhance their learning. Scribe Posts, Growing Posts and E-Portfolios will … Continue reading →

Transitions, Transformations, and Transgressions

May 6, 2008 - 1:32 am | blogging, books I like, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, student leadership

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- Originally posted August 28th, 2007 – If you come to a fork in the road, take it. – Yogi Berra Transitions I’ve taken a job at a high school and I am looking forward to the new challenge! After seven years of teaching Grade 8′s and two years of teaching Grade 9′s, I will now be teaching Grade 10′s. The new position also provides me with the opportunity to make connections with students in … Continue reading →

The Capacity to Lead

May 4, 2008 - 10:26 am | compassion, education, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, student leadership

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Students of all ages have the capacity to lead. For a few years now I have taken a group of Grade 7 and 8 students to our feeder schools to teach the incoming Grade 5′s the “Seven Secrets of Leadership”, but really it is about so much more than that! This is from the e-mail I send to our feeder schools: What you get: 12-15 of our Leadership Students and a teacher running sessions on … Continue reading →

$3,881.65 for one night’s work

April 26, 2008 - 11:22 am | compassion, education, leadership, learning, pairadimes, student leadership

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…more on Empathy. Friday night I camped out at the school with 49 students, each raising a minimum of $50- to earn the opportunity to sleep over at the school. We hosted a 24 hour famine to raise money for our Me to We Club… we are fundraising to build a school in Sierra Leone. It was fun, and it was exhausting! Three and a half hours of broken sleep… and totally worth it! Some … Continue reading →

Candy Cultures – Reflections on a leadership activity

March 31, 2008 - 8:32 pm | leadership, lessons, pairadimes, reflection, student leadership

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For a number of years I have used The Candy Cultures Activity, first as a multiculturalism activity, then as a leadership activity. I had a chance to experience it on two other levels recently. First, I ran the activity at our Pro-D with staff a week ago. I also shared it with the Student Leadership Council (SLC) Executive and, this week, they ran the activity at their first meeting with about 60 students participating. In … Continue reading →