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Have you ever gotten so busy “doing” things that you forget why you are doing things in the first place? Many of my past students feel that that’s what assigned homework feels like all the time; they’re just doing work. Read More …
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 …