Have you ever fallen flat on your face? In 2013, a video of a father and two daughters doing a trust fall went viral. In and of itself, a trust fall—when you close your eyes and fall backward, trusting the person/people behind you will catch you—isn’t that novel. So why did the video go viral?
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Experts weigh in on keys to making effective decisions about technology. No school districts want to be featured on the nightly news because of their poor choices in technology decisions or for implementing technology plans that end up wasting the taxpayers’ dollars. But technology decisions are tough, first, because there are so many options—simple upgrades,
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You are in the middle of a lesson and all the students are following along—except that one student who has lots of questions. The questions are good, engaging, and you can tell the student is making every effort to grasp today’s concept. However, the other students are not interested in the answers. By trying to
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PBL helps students see how knowledge is acquired and built upon. As we prepare our students for success now and in the future, we can begin by teaching them to explore and acquire knowledge, evaluate it to ensure it is sound, and share it. In his TED Talk titled A Visual History of Knowledge, Manuel Lima
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Recently, in response to a group of middle school students who asked about my journey to becoming a school leader, I recalled my 23-year journey to being awarded my Ph.D. in 2004 and my mother’s sage advice. I remember telling my mother that I just wanted to be done and did not want to participate
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When my wife and I were thinking of names for our children, and yes, our dogs, they were difficult conversations. As you probably understand, some of the students I’ve taught through the years were particularly rough to teach. I don’t want to be reminded of those stresses every time I see my child or dog.
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