Award Winning Teacher – International Speaker – Author
A while back I joined an #ecosys conversation about Dr. Sugata Mitra’s Hole in the Wall theory of learning. What Dr. Mitra did was put ATM style kiosks throughout India with internet access. In doing this he found that groups of kids were coming to these free computers and learning. Simplistically stated, Dr. Mitra believed […]
Continue ReadingThe inspiration for this short post was from reading If Your Give a Mouse a Cookie with my son’s for their bedtime story. It is a great book that my boys love and just got my wheels spinning just a bit… If you give your students a voice they will ask for choice in their learning […]
Continue ReadingIf you are like me you are addicted to the game Angry Birds. If not, after reading this post, go download it and join the rest of us addicts. A tweet posted over the weekend got me thinking about the connection between Angry Birds and learning. While that may seem like a stretch, hang with […]
Continue ReadingIf you were sitting in a conversation at this weekend’s EduCon and felt like you were being watched…you were. You didn’t see me but I was there. I was watching you interact. I was listening to your conversations. I was stealing your ideas to bring back to my school. Thankfully none of you pulled a […]
Continue ReadingHere is my follow up to the twitter 101 video I made a while back. Don’t mind me walking into the quantum door at the end…
Continue ReadingWe already know that students are not motivated by grades and yet we give awards to honor that very thing. Students are becoming grade obsessed for all the wrong reasons. They spend all their time thinking about how to do assignments and complete activities to get the “A”. Rather than engaging in the learning process […]
Continue ReadingParents, Students, School Board Members, distinguished PLN and my fellow teachers: Tonight I want to begin by congratulating all of the 6th graders for successfully making it through their first semester of Junior High. That can be a daunting challenge and you have all met this challenge with enthusiasm and passion. It is no secret […]
Continue ReadingToday during my team meeting we watched the above TED talk about reengaging boys in schools. I highly recommend you watch this and engage in some conversation with your peers about it as I did this morning. The speaker goes over some of the reasons why she believes schools are not set up for boys […]
Continue ReadingToday was a milestone day for me for two reasons. First, I took part in my first video chat via skype. For some of you this is not a big deal but it was my first time and it was pretty darn cool. The second reason was related to the first because I “met” my […]
Continue ReadingSome people have days when they are truly inspired by the power of a group of people, an individual or simply an idea. This week I was blown away by all three of those things and it felt great. The group that inspired me was through an idea that a teacher had a while back […]
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