Education is filled with its fair share of jargon: personalized learning, digital transformation, digital leadership, etc. As practitioners in the field, we will often seek out definitions when we need to quickly make sense of complex terminology. You’ve probably heard about a term like personalized learning, “We need a definition of that.” One of my […]

A year ago, I shared a post describing a year of learning my colleague, Lynn Fuini-Hetten, and I engaged in through a series of podcasts at TLTalkRadio. It was such a valuable and transformative learning experience as we were working with stakeholders at the time to create pockets of innovation and a vision for systemic […]

…a map implies a detailed knowledge of the terrain, and the existence of an optimum route; the compass is a far more flexible tool and requires the user to employ creativity and autonomy in discovering his or her own path. The decision to forfeit the map in favor of the compass recognizes that in an […]

A recent conversation at EdcampLV (facilitated by Marc Gosselin) helped me understand that how we individually conceptualize personalized learning is dependent on what we actually believe about learning. Most of us have lived the dominant school-centered paradigm of learning where we “give” learning to the learner. It’s about what we think learners should know, how and […]

During a recent PBL presentation, Erin Murphy and Ross Cooper posed a terrific question to the audience: What is the best/worst PD you’ve ever experienced? After some initial chuckling from the audience and some time to discuss, two attendees shared a “best” PD experience with the whole group: Keystone Technology Innovators (This is an excellent program […]

This past week I ran across an article online titled Gifted and talented kids: How do you nurture a curious mind? It’s a fascinating read to learn what five outstanding young minds are accomplishing as a result of sustained curiosity and the support of caring adults. Yes, these are amazing young learners with great stories! While it’s exciting these learners have […]