You might wonder if these two words, network and community, are not synonyms. People, together, the way they are supposed to be. Am I right? I am reading Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto (buy it), and Gatto is getting under my skin. At a scant 120 pages, some of which are postscripts, you […]
If you are looking to add inquiry and innovation to programs within your sphere of influence you need this book. Inquiry and Innovation in the Classroom: Using 20% Time, Genius Hour, and PBL to Drive Student Success by A. J. Juliani (buy it) is both enlightening and instructive for the important work of giving students […]
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink (buy it) was released nearly ten years ago in 2009. I first learned about it from educators on Twitter and it was one of my summer reads in 2015. If you want to know where I took what I learned from it back when […]
I am a chemistry and biology teacher. I love the endless real puzzles to solve that are on offer through a combination of the periodic table of the elements and a variety of chemical quantities. I love living things, observing the nature around me, and connecting processes and systems. I seriously never get bored of […]
When you are working as part of a team you are most often working on something that isn’t entirely for yourself. If you are part of a team of educational professionals you are probably also working on something that is considered to be a part of your job description and it goes without saying that […]