Author Archives: Danny Neville

The Urgency and Importance of Gratitude

The Eisenhower Urgent/Important tool struck a chord with me. Since I first saw the matrix, I find I’m regularly using the concept to organize my thoughts, actions, and plans at work. It has been immensely helpful. I love to use … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Rediscovering My Passion

In my Twitter bio, I describe myself as a passionate educator. Sadly, at the beginning of this school year I started to wonder if that was the right word to describe myself. In this anomalous year, finding my passion hasn’t … Continue reading

Posted in Classroom Reflections, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

A Very Mindful Journey…

My experience this year with the Cohort 21 gang has been an incredible learning opportunity. I met a bunch of wonderfully talented educators from the CIS family, and learned a ton about different digital tools to use both personally and … Continue reading

Posted in Action Plan | 3 Comments

The Wall…

I have to admit that I hit a wall a while back. I was mindful of the wall, but it was there nonetheless. I started my journey to bring mindfulness to my students earlier this year with a sense of … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

My (mindful) Next Steps…

What are my immediate next steps? I have researched mindfulness in the classroom and found a couple of resources that are useful and applicable. I have taught the first 8 lessons of the Mindful Schools curriculum and plan to introduce … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Mindfulness in the Classroom

What is mindfulness? I discovered mindfulness last year, just as the school year was wrapping up. I’d been hearing the word thrown around for quite a while and thought it was about time that I discovered exactly what being mindful … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 11 Comments

C21 Season Premiere…

Today I learned about some new web-based tools (i.e. diigo) and expanded my understanding of tools that I’ve been using for a while (i.e. twitter). It’s been great to interact with other educators within the independent school community and begin … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Welcome to Cohort 21

Welcome to Cohort 21. This is the first post on your new blog. This journal is an integral part of your Cohort 21 experience. Here you will reflect, share and collaborate as you move through the C21 learning cycle towards … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment