This is the final in this 4 part series.  “Preparing students for jobs that haven’t been invented” I first saw this statement almost 7 years ago as I viewed Karl Fisch’s original “Did You Know” It’s one of those memorable statements that has generated many great conversations. In our attempt to place some more context on...

This is the third in a 4 part series. You can read  part one and part two if you like. This one is very specific to my work but hopefully will resonate at some level. This is also cross posted on the DEN blogs. The truth is this post has already been written, and is the post that got me thinking about this whole series. I’m just going to add a few additional...

I wanted to share how I’ve been using Evernote as an Assessment Tool. I used Explain Everything on the iPad to create this video. I apologize the audio is not great, not sure how to improve this as I tried yelling, and using a headphone mic. I’ll be sharing more about how I do the self assessments although I’ve written about it here but I do love...

John Pederson is a fan of asking “Who has your attention?”   I would add to that and say, “Stop looking for great resources and start looking for great people”. I have no shortage of great people in my life many of whom are well known people in education and technology. But I love to share and find hidden gems, people that you may not be...

This is the second in a four part series. Part one is here. This idea has been rummaging around is based on the ideas Susan Cain’s book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking.  There are many aspects of this book worth discussing but the one that I think is most interesting for our classrooms is the way we deal with and...

This is going to be the first of a series of 4 posts. I know that everyone believes in the importance of diversity, individuality and differentiation, but I'm worried there are a couple of very strong narratives that exist that are sending the wrong messages to teachers and students.  Let's start with this one. The Myth of the Super Teacher from...

Jared Heidinger is a Science teacher from Lethbridge Alberta. I followed Jared on twitter but he gained my attention when a few months ago I asked if any high school teachers think about joy in their classrooms. Jared humbly offered an idea he uses with his students. Teaching high level science courses in Alberta means his students are subject to provincial testing...