I was listening to a podcast on happiness this morning and I loved hearing more about mindfulness, which is something that comes up in my work a lot. I support many teachers whose classrooms span a range of abilities, backgrounds, and situations. So many of the challenges that my teachers face seem to stem from attention… Read More Calm Classrooms
So (for another day) I’m #notatFETC and yet I’m interested in many of the Friday sessions I’m seeing. Just like yesterday, I decided that I would choose that ones I would attend and see what connections I can make to learn from a distance. I’ll post links to session presentations here, too. If you’re at… Read More My Fictitious FETC Plan: Friday
So I’m #notatFETC and yet I’m interested in lots of the sessions I’m seeing. I decided that I would choose that ones I would attend and see what connections I can make to learn from a distance. I’ll post links to session presentations here, too. If you’re at any of these sessions, please reach out… Read More My Fictitious FETC Plan: Thursday
We wrote this as a lead up to our Presenting at FETC in 2016, but the tips are all still applicable: Twitter is a fantastic place for educators to connect! Over the last few years, a thriving community of educators has evolved on Twitter. These educators support each other, offer advice and ideas, challenge each… Read More Be A Twitter Master At Conferences
I’ve mentioned time and again that we are in Phase One of what our district calls Digital Transformation or FCPSon. So much of what we’re doing is trying out a plan, reflecting on it and deciding what works and doesn’t to move forward with the next phase with the best of what we’ve been… Read More Learning Walks vs Pineapple Charts
We are working hard to encourage change and growth in all of our classrooms. Our teachers are connecting with others in our school while doing learning walks, leading to great conversations and follow up. But over and over, in meetings with administrators, teachers and tech coaches, the desire to connect our teachers with others doing… Read More Connecting Teachers
I LOVE the plan of picking #OneWord instead of setting a resolution. There are studies out there about how few people keep their New Year’s Resolutions…the verdict is out on the #OneWord, but the anecdotal responses look good judging by my PLN and the educators I talk with regularly. PLUS it totally worked for me… Read More #OneWord2017 #OneWordEDU
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