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Guest Post by Paula Ford @prford5, Kindergarten Teacher, Manuel De Vargas Elementary School, San Jose, CA How can we be kind? The Driving Question for our kindergarten Project Based Learning (PBL) is a topic that should be prevalent in every classroom today. Building a positive social and emotional foundation in our learners is just as …
Eric is an author, innovator, and speaker. He is a Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education and before that he was Principal at New Milford High School in NJ. Eric formed the Pillars of Digital Leadership, a framework for all educators to initiate sustainable change …
Michael Mohammad, a high school science teacher in Elmbrook School District in Wisconsin, is passionate about personalizing learning for all learners. Mike writes a blog post, Mo Physics, Mo Problems about his own journey to personalize learning and building his PLN. Mike shares what happens in his class on social media. I’ve been part of Mike’s …
2017 was an interesting year. I decided to go in a new direction this past year to focus on the WHY of learning and even started hosting a podcast. This post is about the blog posts I wrote. I always try to have hope and embrace joy when and where I can find it. Much …
Krista Moroder is co-founder of NonQuixote, LLC, a video production company & brand storytelling agency. She is an educator, district-level administrator, and former project director on a storytelling & technology program at Digital Promise. I met Krista in 2013 when she was at Kettle Moraine SD in Wisconsin and then followed her to Digital …
Most teachers join the profession because they want to make a difference in children’s lives. They want their students to be the best they can be so they reach their fullest potential. But that is not always easy with large classroom sizes, a wide range of differences of the learners, and the constraints and …
Darren Ellwein has been principal of Harrisburg South Middle School, Harrisburg, South Dakota for eight years. He has always had a passion for technology. Darren believes technology and personalized learning has a transformational potential for growth in learning, for teachers and students. I’m very fortunate to have met and spent time with Darren in Minnesota …
I read Dr. Todd Rose’s book, The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World that Values Sameness, and refer to it often. I highly recommend The End of Average for all educators. I believe every educator or anyone who wants the best for children and their future needs to read this …
Leigh Hynes is from Taupo, New Zealand. She has been employed by the University of Waikato as a Digital Fluency Facilitator since 2013, and her role is working in schools to build capability in using digital technologies. Her long background in secondary school teaching and leadership have led to a commitment to enhance learning using …
Don’t you think the world is ready for Random Acts of Kindness? There is an organization called randomactsofkindness.org that is doing just that. On the website, they state that everyone has the potential to change the world. It’s about getting involved even if it is with one other person. The term is RAKtivist® and they are …
