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Creativity is a Skill
Many of us, including myself, grew up believing that creativity was a talent. Some people are creative. Others are not. It turns out that this belief is…
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A Missed Opportunity
Tied 63-63. 9.8 seconds on the clock. Both teams had played through an incredibly hard fought game. Back to back three pointers had gotten the home team to…
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Building Conversations
My conversations with students aren’t always perfect but it’s always perfect when I’m having conversations with students. When we are talking we are building trust rapport community…
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#StaffBookTasting
This week, we held our first #StaffBookTasting. The purpose of the event was twofold. I wanted to model a Book Tasting event for teachers so they might implement with…
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The Student Experience
What is your students’ experience like? What’s it like? Do they like your class? Love your class? Do they talk? Do they work with friends? Is it a…
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The Work Students Should Be Doing
This is a project that one of our students completed at home. Earlier in the year, she took advantage of a four day weekend and made this vending machine out…
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Do Your Students Ask Questions
In the book, A More Beautiful Question (highly recommended to all educators by the way) Author Warren Berger tells the story of Edwin Land and his Polaroid camera. …
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A Thousand No’s
Sometimes it's a simple no. Sometimes it's a not right now or maybe later. Sometimes it's much worse like... Why would you want to do that? Or That's…
#4OCF Book Study
Looking to #RevolutionizePD in your setting? It's not too late to join in on our Voxer book study of The Four O'Clock Faculty: A ROGUE Guide to Revolutionizing Professional…
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Like Skywalker
My children and I finally had the chance to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi over our holiday break. My hope is that those of you who are engaged…