Thankful for…

Thankful for…

  This week, we will take time away from our students and classrooms to celebrate and give thanks with family and friends. While we do this, it is important to…
Momentum

Momentum

  Momentum is built out of moments.   Trevor (@trevorabryan)
What do Great Writers do?

What do Great Writers do?

  Seth Godin understands.  Stephen King gets it too. Most of us would understand this and agree with it. And yet, we continue to limit the ways in which kids…
Gray is My Favorite Color

Gray is My Favorite Color

  The system would have you believe that there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. Black or white. Clear cut. One and only one correct…
The Snow Shoveler

The Snow Shoveler

I once went on a job interview scheduled for 8am at a school with which I was unfamiliar. The forecast was calling for several inches of snow. I arrived early…
Good Teaching, Good Living

Good Teaching, Good Living

  Be curious. Foster curiosity. Quench curiosity. Foster the quenching of curiosity. This is good teaching. This is good living.   Trevor (@trevorabryan)
A Simple Note of Gratitude

A Simple Note of Gratitude

  Last week, a teacher found me to excitedly share some news. She showed me a Lego Apple that was given to her by a student, and the accompanying note…
When?

When?

  I have heard many an educator utter the words, What are you thinking!? But the more important question that we should be asking is When are you thinking? We…