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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 …
Starr Sackstein is Director of Humanities K-12 in West Hempstead Union Free School District in New York. She is Social Media Manager of ECET2 and manages the Twitter account to build the brand as the voice of @ECET2natl. She is the author of several books on education, on topics such as going gradeless, peer feedback …
School tends to be about teaching to the test and addressing each standard more than finding real-world authentic learning experiences. How do we shake up the system so kids address what they need to know and what they want to learn? What does that mean for “school” now? We talk about the importance of voice …
Linda Ullah is an Online Instructor at Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA and has been a coach for Friday Institute in NC, New Tech Network, and Personalize Learning, LLC. I’ve known and followed Linda for over 20 years. What I love is Linda’s passion for kids and why it is …
Lifespan Study There is no word for “retirement” in Japan. The Ohsaki Study [2008] found that some of the happiest and longest living people in the world are from Okinawa, Japan. Their average lifespan is seven years longer than in North America. They have more 100-year-olds than anywhere else in the world. Instead of retirement, they …
