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My Bad
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by Lorenzo Reffing a few years ago, I was officiating a college game with a three-person crew, I felt that none of the calls were coming my way at all that...
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Learning Experience
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Imad HADDAD John Spencer wrote an interesting post entitled, “Do we value experience?“, that struck a bit of a chord. He wrote his thoughts of the perception...
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Far to Close, Close to Far
Yesterday, I shared this video from Larry Ferlazzo’s blog (seriously watch it): There are a lot of things to think about in what is being shared, but there are some things that really pushed my...
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The Biggest “Game-Changer” in Education
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Kate Ter Haar Recently, Jon Samuelson and I were having a conversation and he asked me, “What do you see as the big ‘game changer’ in education?” I hate this...
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Leading Innovative Change Series: Embrace an Open Culture
I wanted to try my hand at writing a series of blog posts on “Leading Innovative Change.” As I am looking at writing a book on the same topic, I thought I would put some ideas out there and hopefully...
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4 Assumptions We Shouldn’t Make in Education
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Moyan Brenn We have all been a victim of it. Saying something and making a very generalized statement about education and the people involved in it....
View ArticleWho is telling your story?
I fell upon this video by Tony Sinanis and his students. I was inspired by the way they decided to deliver a message to their school community and ultimately to the world. Here are some things that I...
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“Connected Educator” or “Educator that Connects”? #CE13
I had a great experience at #Edscape in New Jersey (thank you Eric Sheninger and school for being such great hosts!) and as a speaker and participant, it was great to learn from so many people that I...
View ArticleLearning From Eric Sheninger
It has been almost one week since I spoke at #Edscape in New Jersey, and it was a tremendous honour to have that opportunity. Not only because I was able to connect with amazing educators in the...
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Something Old is Something New
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by Brian Moore From several conversations, one of the biggest reasons that many people say that they have nothing “new” to share with an audience. This fear...
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To Those That Have Heard Everything
cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo shared by Steven Shorrock I was a little surprised to see a tweet from someone talking about how we shouldn’t be talking about “being connected” with people...
View ArticleAmazed, Inspired and Happy
In a week where I have spent the majority of the time working with students, I have been really trying to promote the notion of “Digital Leadership,” and hoping the students look at some of the...
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4 Things I Learned From Students This Week
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by Sham Hardy I spent the past week speaking to trustees, superintendents, teachers, parents, and most importantly, students. Working with all levels of...
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5 Ideas To Bring Parents Into The Learning Process
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by Spiro Bolos “The role of parents in the education of their children cannot be overestimated.” ~Unknown When you ask parents from any country in the world,...
View ArticleThe Selfishness of Kindness
I have written a lot about it this year, but losing my dad has forever changed me. It has been nine months since I lost him and going home over Christmas and him not being there was weird. I miss...
View ArticleThe Value of Confidence
I recently shared this video on the importance of “confidence” for leadership and it is something that I have often thought about in our work as educators. My experience as a referee taught me a lot...
View ArticleA Closer View
I tweeted the following yesterday: If you are in the position to make policies that impact educators, you better get into their classrooms, learn, and understand their world. — George Couros...
View ArticleWant someone to see your viewpoint? Ask them their thoughts first.
When I believe in something, I used to spend all of my time trying to “sell” that idea to others and trying to get them to embrace what I saw. If people didn’t agree with me, or my viewpoint, I...
View ArticleThe Pain of Silence
I saw this tweet from Chris Wejr yesterday: 3 Ways to Know If Your School or District Engages in Bullying Behavior #cpchat http://t.co/zHzGYOd9c1 — Chris Wejr (@ChrisWejr) January 12, 2014 As I read...
View ArticleTrajectory
…if a child knows how to read, if a child knows how to search for information, how do we teach them how to believe. How early in a child’s life, can we put that in there.” Sugatra Mitra Since the...
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