The Wrong Conversations
(Cross posted at Weblogg-ed) By all accounts, it’s been a crappy week for education. To be honest, I haven’t participated in much of it, but reading the accounts from Chris and Bud and others, and some of the Tweets from Sunday’s Education Nation sessions, it’s hard not to sense the anger, frustration, sadness and even paranoia that has infected our little part of the education world. While I know it was all heartfelt and sincere, I think I turned it all off on Sunday when a Twitter thread started to assume that...
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Thanks so much for the overwhelming support you have given us in your comments for Social Good Day. We’ll be sending our donation to RED, but it’s all thanks to you. You guys ROCK!!!! image credit: By...
read moreAdopting New Mindsets
Cross-posted Talk of war and victims– References to being saved by Katrina– Blame, fault, dysfunction– Deep, and dark postings all around– In discussions around educating our children– So much energy expended– So much frustration and anger expelled– In my humble opinion, there is something very wrong with this picture. A bit of a slow thinker, I’m mulling over and questioning hard do I raise my voice with encouragement to move forward from a different perspective when a Tweet from Chris...
read moreConnected Principals
I’m listening to Lyn Hilt participate in a Connected Principals Elluminate session tonight. Lyn is a member of the IU13 cohort, and someone to watch! Lyn joins Patrick Larkin, Dave Meister, and George Couros (one of our Experienced Voices) in tonight’s discussion. We’re proud one of ours is leading and learning. Tonight’s topics are: Management vs. Leadership Social Media within schools Staff Professional Development Check out Connected Principals for many great blog posts. image credit: By...
read moreToday Matters: Social Good Day
Beginning today and through Sunday, PLP will donate $5 for every comment left on any of our posts. We’ve seen social media effect change in our classrooms and our students. But this is an opportunity to think about social media on a larger scale. We have the power to do more. So, PLP is joining Mashable in participating in Social Good Day on September 23, and we hope you will join us. From their website: We’re interested in unleashing fresh thinking about how social media can raise awareness and create solutions for social issues...
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