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Giving Up
What do you do when you finally want to give up? When you have exhausted all possibilities? When no one is working with you toward a goal? When others…
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Help Them Matter More
Whether engaging with books, or movies or paintings, or plays or music or musicals, the arts foster joy and connection. Whether on a flowered couch in your childhood home,…
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Learning to Draw
In art education and beyond, the idea of learning to draw is associated with, and in many cases defined as, even if only subconsciously, learning to draw realistically. It's unfortunate.…
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100 CCs of Obecalp
I was recently listening to the Tim Ferriss podcast in which he interviewed Scott Belsky. Scott's father was a doctor in New York City emergency rooms and told his…
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Effective Communication: Moving Beyond Writing
Writing, for decades, has been our primary means of communication. However, as digital platforms become more readily available and easier to use, the ways that students can effectively present…
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5 Ways to Better Analyze Data
We are inundated with data in education. Assessment results, student formative data, benchmark scores, progress monitoring data... The list goes on and on. However, if we don't know how…
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Valuing the Bad Work
In education, in classrooms, in conversations with teachers, I see and hear a lot of thoughts about what good work is and how to help students get their work…
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Your Routines
You work to build routines and implement easy to follow procedures for students at the beginning of the year. Consistent routines can be a great help for students who…
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Exploring Light Bulbs
When Thomas Edison attempted to create a functional light bulb he had no idea if it would work or not. The final result was an unknown. But, like all…