From the archive
Teaching and Learning
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The Why is the Key to the What and the How
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche I have been thinking about teachers a lot lately. Many of you are working on…
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I Am Not Everything to Students
I saw this tweet the other day, and on the surface, it sounds like an amazing acknowledgement of the work of teachers: But listen… Teachers are not EVERYTHING to students.…
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Where are the Robot Teachers?
Last night I was invited to speak to a class of preservice teachers about the role of IT in education. It’s a hard topic to address since it’s so vast…
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I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
Radiohead drummer Philip Selway, when asked about how he gained more confidence as a singer, said: My starting point for most things, no matter what, playing or anything, is that…
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You’re Doing The Best You Can…And That’s Enough
My first year teaching middle school was …well, let’s just say it wasn’t pretty. I had spent my teacher prep program determined I was going to be a high school…
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Designer or Design Thinker?
Innovation is when something new is created and implemented that adds value. Inventions happen every day, and every year inventions find their way into our classroom. It’s only when an…