Creating Creates Creativity
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Creating Creates Creativity

  We tend to think that artists, or people in creative fields, have an idea and then do work to express that idea.   In reality, artists, and people in…
I Do We Do You Do
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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 benefit from a more modified version that looks a bit…
Deciding Who’s Going to Decide
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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 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th -get the obvious out of the…
How Ideas Become Powerful
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How Ideas Become Powerful

  It’s simple really. Ideas become powerful when they are shared. Ideas like to be shared. Ideas want to be shared. Ideas need to be shared. It’s what gives them…
Make PD Meaningful
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Make PD Meaningful

  It’s possible, I swear. PD can be meaningful. Make sure to allow for these factors when planning and implementing your PD sessions. PD can be meaningful! It’s possible, I…
Questions We Should Be Asking Students
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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 ask big questions of students. Some of our questions have…
The 4 Hour School Week
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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 Hour Work Week. While the book is several years old…
Switching Up Staff Meetings, Volume 4
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Switching Up Staff Meetings, Volume 4

  Stuck with stifling staff meetings or looking for something different to engage adult learners. Try these strategies from Volume 4 or look for more ideas from one, two, and three! Find the PD…