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Do The Next Right Thing, A Lesson For Educators
This holiday season Disney has graced us with another Frozen movie. So, our houses and classrooms are once again filled with carefully crafted, annoyingly catchy tunes. Perhaps most importantly, though is one particular theme woven into the storyline. In this video, I am unpacking a life lesson learned from…
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#OneWord2019
I am excited to see what 2019 will bring, and I will use my #OneWord2019 to frame my mindset. Here are my thoughts on CONVERGE: Video Transcript: Hello and Happy New Year! I am very excited about the new year and about oneword 2019. I started committing to this…
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Constructing a Mini-Lesson: A 4 Part Framework
When my oldest daughter was four, she went through a dinosaur phase. All dinosaurs, all the time; it was impossible to discuss anything else. Throughout the year, we traveled as a family and she learned to read. Slowly, her interests began to broaden and develop, and now at the…
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13 Tips To Improve Student Conferencing and Feedback #HackingPBL
I can’t clone you. I know you have 30 (sometimes more) kids in your class at a time and spending even 5 minutes with each individually would take an entire week of instructional time. What I can tell you, without reservation, is this time investment is worth it. Countless…
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What I’m Reading… The Power of Moments
Creating moments that stick with our students after they leave our classrooms can be elusive, but it is worth it! The Power of Moments creates an actionable framework to construct these memorable moments in our classrooms! …and check out other things I love.
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Chaos Coordinator #HackingPBL
This weekend I return to Los Angeles to collaborate with the teachers of LA Unified School District. Last time I was there, they gifted me a shirt that says, “Chaos Coordinator.” This got me thinking about the ways we coordinate the chaos in a PBL classroom. Here are four…
