I learned to love to read.
CC licensed photo shared by Flickr user alex.ragone Sometimes we as administrators take for granted how easy it is to contact a teacher during the instructional day. Call the room. Leave a personal...
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Educator Kiran Bir Sethi shared this inspirational message in November 2009, so perhaps you’ve already heard the story of how she and her colleagues in India’s Riverside School empowered their students...
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“How do we get reluctant administrators on board with utilizing technologies to communicate, connect, and collaborate?” This is one of the most prevalent questions I encounter when chatting with...
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CC licensed photo shared by Flickr user susanvg Yesterday was our full-day “in-service” for teachers at the building level. This is a day always filled with anticipation, nerves, and the feeling that I...
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As many schools do, each year we have an opening assembly to welcome faculty and students back to school. I usually snag a few hundred photos and shoot some video of the first days of school, throw...
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CC licensed photo shared by Flickr user Divergent Learner In conversations with teachers who are trying to get their administrators “connected,” or with principals newly embarking on the professional...
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CC licensed photo shared by A. Forgrave via Flickr Today a team of my school’s teachers attended a workshop at our local IU called Improving Reading Comprehension (K-3), and I decided to tag along....
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CC licensed photo shared by Flickr user guccio@文房具社 Just a few hours ago, many of us lurked the Internets, like a bunch of goons, drooling over the prospects of Apple’s “big announcement” regarding the...
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