Learning Opportunity

This weekend, I’m heading to Philadelphia to participate in a weekend learning opportunity, Educon 2.1.
From the wiki:
EduCon 2.1 is both a conversation and a conference.
And it is not a technology conference. It is an education conference. It is, hopefully, an innovation conference where we can come together, both in person and virtually, to discuss the [...]

One to watch…

Today, Martin Luther King Day, is an inservice day at my district. Our morning opened with a performance by one of our high school students and I thought it was so awesome I wanted to share it with any readers.

The work was inspired by Danny Dent, and performed to If You’re Out There by John [...]

Innovation in Education

I’m currently reading Disrupting Class, How Disruptive Innovation will Change the Way the World Learns. I had wanted to read the book ever since watching Scott McLeod’s K12 Online Conference presentation, Current leadership models are inadequate for disruptive innovations. That presentation was based on the book I’m reading and the previous one, The Innovator’s Dilemma. [...]

Inaugural Resources

The big day is coming soon! I thought it might be helpful to share some resources related to Inauguration Day that would be useful in the classroom. The list below is an assortment of items, such as information about past inaugurations, quizzes, lesson plans and printables.
Hopefully, teachers will have a chance to share this historic [...]