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Literacy, Personalized
Lately, I have been exploring personalized learning as an approach to meeting all students’ needs. Personalized learning “places the interests and abilities of learners at the center of their education...
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Cajun Dancing
“Would you like to go Cajun dancing? It’s for my friend’s birthday.” I have to admit: at the time that I heard this request from my wife, I might not have been attentively listening. If I had, I...
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Professional Reading: When do we find the time?
For the first time in a while, I had an open schedule at school. Daily classroom visits were completed. An instructional walk was conducted. Absences and requisitions were approved. When these...
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A Triangle of Trust: A Framework for the Principal-Coach-Teacher Partnership
As a principal new to a school, trust has been a priority in my first year. Trust is defined in a number of ways. It is doing what we say we will do. Trust involves speaking the truth while having the...
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Developing a Growth Mindset within a Culture of Compliance
Many studies have shown that when students are engaged in learning, there is little need to bribe students to complete their work. Using external motivators in the name of learning has many critics....
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Learning Management Systems: Who are they for?
A learning management system, or “LMS” is defined as “a digital learning system” that “manages all of the aspects of the learning process” (Amit K, 2015). A teacher can use an LMS for a variety of...
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Makerspaces and Opportunities for Learning Literacy
In 2011, a faculty member wanted to bring in a summer school program for some of our gifted and talented students. Called “Camp Invention”, students spent a week taking apart computers and creating new...
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Costs and Benefits of Social Media in Education
On more than one occasion I have misplaced my smart phone. My initial response is panic (“What if someone is trying to get a hold of me?”). After this is general acceptance of my disconnectedness. In...
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Ripe for Change: Digital Media as a Tool for Innovation in Disciplinary Literacy
I was winding down at the end of a school day when I saw my son at the table in my office. He found my iPad, opened up Minecraft, and started working on his world. To aid in his creations, he would...
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Personalized Learning: Exploring the What, Why and How
This post is another reaction paper I wrote for the course I am currently taking, Technology and School Leadership, through the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Enjoy! In a typical teacher’s day,...
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My Current Thinking on Library Media Specialists and 21st Century Learning
This is a summary of a conversation I had with our school’s library media specialist (LMS) Kari Kabat. She conducted an interview with me for a graduate class she is taking. How are schools helping...
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Why I Write
Right now I am reading A Writer’s Guide to Persistence: How to Create a Lasting and Productive Writing Practice by Jordan Rosenfeld. It was given to me by Brenda Power, editor of Choice Literacy and...
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Every Outcome a Process
A true process orientation also means being aware that every outcome is preceded by a process. -Dr. Ellen Langer, Mindfulness Right now I am waist deep in writing my new book on digital student...
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Why I am #NotatISTE16
Because my session proposal was declined That’s the big reason. I submitted a proposal regarding digital portfolios for students with someone else, and it didn’t get accepted. The rest of this post...
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The Three P’s of Learning and Living
This is a transcript of my speech I gave for our 5th graders’ Moving On Up ceremony. It is also my last address I will give at Howe Elementary School, as I have taken a leadership position with the...
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Action Research: Professional Learning from Within
By becoming question-askers and problem-solvers, students and teachers work together to construct curriculum from their context and lived experiences. – Nancy Fitchman Dana Over 20 teachers recently...
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The Power of Choice
The lack of autonomy in schools today is saddening. The standardization of our assessments has led to a narrowing of our curriculum and instruction. This is happening in schools where even the leaders...
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Student Engagement and Closing the Opportunity Gap: An Action Plan, Part 2
My previous two posts have described how schools can improve access for students of color and students living in poverty to follow their passions and have more voice in choice in their learning. In the...
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Student Engagement and Closing the Opportunity Gap
We hear about the achievement gap, or the word gap, and then we expect public schools to fix these situations. Solutions in the past have included extending the school day, increasing expectations...
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The Promise and Perils of Technology in Education
Technology in schools is a neutral resource. It does not harm or help student learning when put into classrooms. Only when technology is employed by the teacher to serve as part of the learning...
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