How it’s going

Sep 12

How it’s going

It’s always interesting to hear from others how they promote and support learning in their school district. Here’s my story. My district is 3 years old, an amalgamation of 7 small districts into 1. Building culture, unity and morale has been challenging but in many ways is going really well. The big challenge I have is that I’m the only person...

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All we are saying, is give Joy a chance

Sep 08

All we are saying, is give Joy a chance

Maybe it’s the beginning of the school year but I seem to get especially idealistic about the possibilities of new learning opportunities for students. First beauty, now joy. This month’s issue of Educational Leadership features a great article by Steven Wolk (someone get him a blog) on Joy in School. Wolk finds 11 things schools need to do to create joy...

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Testing ScribeFire

Sep 07

I’m testing Scribe Fire. This is a test with the updated version. It was wasn’t working before. Hopefully it works now. I quite like Scribe Fire. scribefire

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The School of Everything

Sep 03

The School of Everything

It had to happen sooner or later. The writing has been on the wall for a while. Looks like they just are hosting it.  Coming from Channel 4 in the UK. That’s where Ewan went to work. Hmmm. Courtesy my John Pederson via my Google Shared...

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