Tough Being a Student
Early on, we ask our PLPers to remain students themselves–not to gravitate toward tools that might be useful in the classroom, but instead to participate fully in conversations and discussions, using tools to do so. It’s hard, as one teacher said in our...What Do We Keep? What Do We Throw Away?
Cross-posted I’ve got a couple of keynotes coming up and submitted this as the title. I’m good at that; coming up with a title and then figuring out what to say. I realize that’s probably the worst way to develop something but that’s how I...To Cover or Uncover
Cross-posted By Lyn Hilt, IU13 cohort The standards are here. They’ve been here. For many of us, the common core standards are coming, and the weight of their impact on our daily practice is overwhelming. Have you ever sat down, really, with that three-ring...Don't Tell Her It Can't Be Done
Getting Past No Fighting the naysayers, folks who want to ‘do school’ the way we’ve always done it, gets tiring. But sometimes being told “no” is all it takes to get us on the right track. For Jenny Luca, Head of Information Services at...Are We Preparing Our Students For This?
Resumes. We know what they are. Do we know what they could be? Mashable lists four ways to present yourself these days, including: The Video The Visual CV The Social Resume The LinkedIn Profile One commenter, who is sure to get a job soon, added his video resume in...Get email updates
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