Previously, I wrote about the tension surrounding book choice in schools from four main parties: parents, teachers, students, and admin. This article will not have an admin option. It will address a group I left out last time instead: librarians. Guiding students in book choices is...
I had the honor of being the featured interview in the Winter 2024 issue of K-12 EdTech Magazine. Here are a couple of quotes from the article: Keep asking the question, technology for the purpose of what? How you answer that question depends on your learning...
[I should have written this post a month ago but better late than never…] I read some great (and not so great) books in 2023! Here are my top few (and why)… My top book for 2023 was actually first published in… 1964! I’ve been sharing some...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in January 2024… Ultimate Travel, Lonely Planet (travel) The Helsinki Affair, Anna Pitoniak (thriller) Heat Lightning, John Sandford (thriller) Embers of War, Gareth Powell (science fiction) Fleet of Knives, Gareth Powell (science fiction) The Toll, Neal Shusterman (science fiction) Gleanings, Neal Shusterman (science fiction) Crucible of Fortune,...
Let’s reimagine student engagement. Join me for a free online training to help you teach productivity practices to students by finding flow. Teach your students how to be more productive I’ve really enjoyed the time I’ve spent in schools training teachers on the Finding Flow Solutions curriculum, and...
I ran across this working paper from Dr. David Autor, a labor economist at MIT: Autor, D., Chin, C., Salomons, A., & Seegmiller, B. (2023). New frontiers: The origins and content of new work, 1940-2018. Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming). Autor et al. defined new work as...
Let’s reimagine student engagement. Join me for a free online training to help you teach productivity practices to students by finding flow. I’ve really enjoyed the time I’ve spent in schools training teachers on the Finding Flow Solutions curriculum, and helping teachers reimagine student engagement in their...
I’m going to leave these screenshots here so I don’t forget them… [sigh] Text is underneath each one. ME: It would be a terrible, terrible thing if students ever got to learn about things THEY wanted, not just what WE wanted? THEM: Adult discernment and responsibility doesn’t...
It’s 8:28 am and you’re trying to make sure that the four chair bouncy bands around chairs are still with the correct four desks for those students who need to bounce their feet. Sandra comes into the classroom before you can step outside to greet her,...
