Isn’t this the kind of learner we want students to become? Isn’t this what will transfer to the real world? If so, why don’t we do more of this? What are the barriers that exist? How would students in your school respond to this kind of school structure? Make 15 minutes of time to watch […]
Archives for March 2013
Advocating for the Internet and Social Media
As I’m catching up on some interesting finds on the internet this weekend, I stumbled onto a few posts that seemed to connect around this idea of advocating for the use of the Internet and social media. In the first post, Mimi Ito shares What Teens Get About the Internet That Parents Don’t. The title […]
Servant Leadership and State Department’s of Education
This past week I had an encounter with the concept of servant leadership. In a PIL course, ironically, delivered through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the presenters shared the 10 characteristics of a servant leader for us to ponder. (Click through to learn more specifically how each characteristic is defined.) Listening Empathy Healing Awareness Persuasion […]