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Almost Everything Can Wait
“Almost everything can wait.And almost everything should.” -David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried, It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy…
Creating Creates Creativity
We tend to think that artists, or people in creative fields, have an idea and then do work to…
I Do We Do You Do
I love the gradual release model of I Do, We Do, You Do but I find a lot students…
Deciding Who’s Going to Decide
In Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling rule #12 is, “Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the…
How Ideas Become Powerful
It’s simple really. Ideas become powerful when they are shared. Ideas like to be shared. Ideas want to be…
Planning for Sick Days
Planning for a sick day can actually be worse than just going in sick! Not any more. Find a…
Make PD Meaningful
It’s possible, I swear. PD can be meaningful. Make sure to allow for these factors when planning and implementing…
Questions We Should Be Asking Students
For many years, we have asked students small questions. Detail questions. Fact questions. Who? What? Where? When? We must…
4 Questions (for the Future of Education)
What are we “preparing” kids for? Ask any teacher what they are preparing students for and you will get…
The 4 Hour School Week
I recently listened to the Unemployable podcast with Tim Ferriss, who is the author of several books including the Four…