Sometimes the Best Technology is No Technology
I became the principal of a technology magnet school in 1989. Nine years later, I was named an Apple Distinguished Educator. In 2016 I...
10 Reasons Why You Should Implement Digital Student Portfolios
As both a father and a building principal, education is a personal endeavor as well as a professional one. My two children have always...
Using Technology to Facilitate Planning for the Co-Taught Classroom
Co-teaching has been shown to be an effective, natural support for a diverse range of students in classrooms. When teachers work together (often a...
Six Questions To Consider Before Adding Technology to Your School
In my work with schools and districts throughout the world I often see a rush to add technology without a clearly thought out plan...
Digital Leadership in a Digital World
Albert Einstein once said, "Once you stop learning, you start dying."
That quote, from The Innovator's Mindset by George Couros, struck a chord with me...
A Day in the Life of a PLN Member
It is June 28 at 8:45 a.m. The school year is in the rearview mirror.
Although teachers and students are no longer in the building,...
Teaching Digital Natives
Changing classrooms to provide a relevant and engaging experience for digital natives presents a unique challenge. Today’s students are growing into adulthood in a...
Empowering Students Through Technology: Moving Beyond Engagement
Students enter the classroom, open up their Chromebooks, and log on. They talk and settle in to the lesson as they pull up our...
Creative Ways to Integrate Technology Into Your Lesson Planning
As the leaves on the trees start to turn and the amount of daylight we have left in the day after we get home...
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“Offer that extension,” he writes. “Excuse that assignment…. Let us, by showing grace, make the memory of this stormy year just a bit more peaceful.”
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A new report from NCEE details the actions countries with high-performing school systems took to do distance learning well.
