I travel a lot and I’m good at. Travelling out of a small airport make connections tough so I often have to come up with ninja moves in order to get where I need to or get home at a reasonable time. I know exactly how long it takes to get through security ...… Read the rest
“Whatever it Takes” I’m not sure…
https://twitter.com/shareski/status/1104076800089563139 This post was born out of a conversation I had with teachers a few weeks ago. I was sitting in a computer lab with about a dozen top-notch educators who had either been using Discovery Education's Science Techbook or were just being introduced to it. After exploring it for an hour or so and ...… Read the rest
Stop Being Bad with Names
Stop Being Bad with Names “I’m terrible with names.” It seems like a very common statement. Maybe you’ve said it yourself. I’ve always prided myself with knowing people’s names and yet I've never been as intentional as I ought to be. There have been 3 sources that I’ve found recently that have addressed this theme ...… Read the rest
Going Gradeless
https://twitter.com/shareski/status/1086084915890860034 I've written and presented on assessment many times in the past 2 decades. The trend in education is clear: Most people, if not all, believe grades are a poor representation of learning and yet many can't figure out how to either de-emphasize or get rid of them entirely. My current grading gig is with ...… Read the rest
What Do You Mean by “Knowledge”?
One of the most frustrating things in education is the tendency to have conversations about ideas and issues when we don't share the same definitions. We also make false assumptions about what others believe. We spend a lot of time talking past each other. Add to that a tendency to create false dichotomies and instead ...… Read the rest