by Susan Carter Morgan | Jun 7, 2011 | DublinDallas Community, Powerful Learning Practice
Columnist David Brooks recently wrote about how we should not simply focus on ourselves but on the “we” that makes us human. After serving as co-leader with Robin Ellis of the Dublin Dallas cohort, I understand more fully what he meant. For years teachers...
by Susan Carter Morgan | Jun 1, 2011 | Learning
The word creativity has always made me squirm. That’s because I don’t think I am creative. Not in the sense of being an artist, which is how I had always defined the word. I can’t draw. Or paint. But last summer, I realized I had limited...
by Susan Carter Morgan | May 31, 2011 | Powerful Learning Practice
Sometimes we really do live in different worlds. I was reading Eric Sheninger’s post about use of social media on the HuffPost Education blog this morning, and this comment jumped out at me: So often we view the world from our own perspective. But clearly,...
by Susan Carter Morgan | May 27, 2011 | Powerful Learning Practice
Because I tend to focus on middle and high school students, I don’t often find as many resources for elementary teachers. However, in my role as Community Leader for our Australian community, I am finding all sorts of folks who share so willingly. And, wow, am I...
by Susan Carter Morgan | May 24, 2011 | Change
And the walls came tumbling down… industrial age institutions will continue to expand blindly, unaware of their part in a larger whole or of the consequences of their growth. Presence, Peter Senge At a recent church Vestry retreat, I spent time at Roslyn, a...