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Guest Post By: Eric Simpson Eric Simpson is secondary English Language Arts Coordinator at Lewisville ISD in Texas. Two words permeated our three days with Lead21: purpose and audience. Heidi Hayes Jacobs opened the pre-conference with a 21st century definition Read More …
I first saw Shane Koyczan present to school staff in a school district right outside of Vancouver. A brilliant and colorful Canadian poet, he talks about dreams and love and rage and growing up. This is an excerpt from a Read More …
By Will Richardson So here’s the question: You think our little edu-network could make a movie? Like, a REAL full-length documentary feature? As in the next (and better) “Waiting for Superman?” One that kids had a big role in producing? Read More …
In December of this past year, I had the great opportunity to spend some time with Don Marinelli. Until his retirement in 2012, Don was Executive Producer and co-founder (along with the late Dr. Randy Pausch) of Carnegie Mellon University’s Read More …
Grant Wiggins has been trumpeting the power of Essential Questions for decades — that are designed to cause genuine and relevant inquiry, provoke deep thought and lively discussion, consider alternatives and weigh evidence, and support ideas and justify responses. This Read More …