An Introduction to Design Thinking
Design Thinking was born from a marriage between the business world and traditional approaches to designing products for people....
Category: Action Plan
I’m Starting My Vlog.
Ok, I’m finally doing it. I’m starting my vlog. When I started Cohort 21 this year, my action plan...
Success = Boredom.
Today during Cohort 21, a notification popped up on my phone. It was letting me know that Casey Neistat, one...
Can Mindsets Be Contagious?
My last post about Jay Atwood’s presentation on finding your “hedgehog” has led me to think about how much...
What Is the Purpose of School?
Should schools focus on preparing students for real life or for University? Wait…aren’t those the same thing? As I...
Step 1: Know Your User
It’s the third week of November. Report cards are just finished looming, piles of marking are stacking up, students...
The Classroom Where Anything is Possible
At the end of the school year in June, and again this September, I had the great pleasure of...
Moving Forward, Looking Back
Today I went for my first long bike ride of the season. I’ve been riding all winter long, so...
Bring it Back: Design Thinking + Teacher Growth
Over the past several months, I have been thinking and talking with colleagues about how I will “bring it...
Catching Up Is Hard To Do
How can it possibly be March 3rd already? It feels like only yesterday it was December and I was...
What Can Friday Night Lights Teach Us About Learning?
As I mentioned in my last post, I have decided to focus my action plan on using online tools...
An Equation for Effective PD
Don’t we all wish it was August again? Fresh faced from the summer, we were full of piss n’...