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This past year, I decided to step out of my comfort zone. I wanted to try some new experiences, but something was holding me back. I couldn’t figure it out. I think what was keeping me from finding my magic was fear. Fear of not having enough money so I kept taking jobs that kept …
Ross Cooper is the Elementary Principal of T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School in the Old Tappan School District in New Jersey, co-author of Hacking Project Based Learning and and was the Supervisor of Instructional Practice K-12 in the Salisbury Township School District in Allentown, PA at the time of the podcast. I have been following …
The Continuum of Motivation graphic created by Sylvia Duckworth @sylviaduckworth with original content from Barbara Bray @bbray27 and Kathleen McClaskey @khmmc updated by Barbara is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The Continuum of Motivation graphic above is a snapshot of what moving from extrinsic motivation to intrinsic motivation might look like as …
Abbie Forbus is the Director of Teaching and Learning for KnowledgeWorks. She taught for 15 years in Lindsay Unified School District in California starting in K-2, then high school counselor and eventually became Dean of Culture. In her new position, Abbie works with learning communities across the country to coach them in redesigning learning structures …
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 …
The Continuum of Voice visual above was designed by Sylvia Duckworth @sylviaduckworth. The content originally developed by Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey was adapted from the research report “Motivation, Engagement, & Student Voice” by Toshalis & Nakkula from Students at the Center @StudentCntrHub. Content recently updated by Barbara. When anyone embraces the idea that their voice …
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 …