What a great week it’s been, and today was the icing on the cake. This year, I’ve been facilitating the first phase of a high school business department curriculum redesign. I am blown away by how hard these teachers have worked and by how willing they are to move far outside of their comfort zone.
Together, [...]
Although I may not be spending quite as much time blogging this year, I’ve been finding myself far more active elsewhere online, and in my travels, I’ve found much to recommend. I’ll still be reflecting on what I’m learning and discovering here, but much of that is happening on the ground inside of the classrooms [...]
Paula’s post connected with a bunch of different things I’ve had on my mind lately, including the way in which we approach service at home and in schools. Initially, I was most curious about how we might better inspire kids to serve by helping them define their interests and connect them to actions that allow [...]
Yesterday, I spoke about the power of small moment stories.
Today is Spread the Word to End the Word Awareness Day, and as I was contemplating this post, I remembered Soeren’s speech. It’s built around a moving small moment story. I hope you’ll watch it, and I hope you’ll share it with your students. Please invite [...]
I realize that I may be the last person on earth who will finally own her very own Flip Video Camera, and I’ll bet none of you are suprised that the only reason I ordered it is because someone tweeted about a sweet deal that Woot was running earlier this week. Thanks, Kevin!
So, here’s the icing on the [...]
I’m going to take a break today and direct you to my daughter Laura’s blog. She could use a bit of support with a new project idea. I’ll let her explain……
Last week, I was asked to begin crafting a guest post in response to the question I’ve posed in my title. I’m curious: how would YOU answer that question? Service learning is something I have a keen interest in and limited experience with, but the experiences I’ve had have been profound.
I’ve watched students define a [...]
My daughter Laura skipped four days of school this week. So did Noah. They were accompanied by dozens of other kids from all over the globe who met in Boise, Idaho to participate in the Special Olympics World Games Global Youth Summit. I know that Laura and Noah are grateful to their teachers for supporting [...]
Last year, Jenny Luca reached out to my daughter Laura and invited her to Skype with her students, who live a world away from us in Australia. I remember how mesmerized Laura was by this possibility and the way her eyes widened when she caught view of Jenny’s students on our monitor.
“They look like the kids from [...]
My daughter Laura invited me to tag along with her on her trip to Idaho this week for the Special Olympics World Games. She’ll be blogging about her experiences here and all that she is learning, but I wanted to introduce everyone who reads here to Noah Gray. Laura got to hang out with him [...]