Sometimes you gotta run, before you can walk.- Tony Stark (IronMan)

My action plan is one of those that really started on my first day of teaching and will be on-going all the way to my last day. Nevertheless, the gravitas of an “official action plan” has given me licence to think more deliberately about what the students and I do together and the effect we … Continue reading “Sometimes you gotta run, before you can walk.- Tony Stark (IronMan)”

Learning in the “sweet spot”

I love the sweet spot; the period of time in my classroom when things are humming. There is flow; students are engaged, effective feedback is moving project work forward, provocative questions are posed, complex ideas are exchanged, risks are taken, difficulties are expressed and tackled with courage. The sweet spot can be thought of as … Continue reading “Learning in the “sweet spot””