Mic Drops are supposed to be good. They’re supposed to inspire a jaw-dropping “whoa!” response from the audience. Ideally, they deliver a happy punch laced with a little snicker. “Did you hear?!” “Did you see?!” There has to be a foundation of intelligence behind a good mic drop; an awareness of audience and a disciplined […]
Ever since taking FDS’s Future Skills PD last spring (thanks @lmcbeth for the lasting ideas), I’ve been caught on this idea of who I design for. Who is my user? What am I creating and who needs it? I’ve been working more at thinking like my students, trying hard to figure out how they see […]
My grade 4 and 5 teachers (Brenda Neil and Glenda Newson) taught me that I could be magical. They developed a writing program for our public school based on the idea that every student had a responsibility to write and that every student’s words were valuable. We had big green folders with different pockets for […]