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You Should Read… (November 27, 2011)
I am trying to vary up my selections for different topics/subjects areas, so hopefully if you do not necessarily think the links are useful to what you are teaching, you can share them with others in...
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You Should Read…(December 4, 2011)
I can’t believe it is December already, but time tends to move fast when you love what you do There are so many great things that I saw this last week, that it was tough to decide on just three, so I...
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21st Century PLNs for School Leaders
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by krossbow I have to admit that I was pretty excited to write my first post for the Edutopia group that has a great list of educators sharing some of their best...
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(Visible)Thinkers and (Reflective)Doers
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Klearchos Kapoutsis Reflecting on the ISTE Leadership Forum opener on Monday morning with Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn, they ended their workshop on system...
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Some of My Favourite Posts From 2012
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Jon Glittenberg Many people are sharing some of their favourite posts of 2012 from their own blog, but I thought that it would be more beneficial to share...
View ArticleOnline Building Offline Relationships
I have been a huge advocate of how technology can actually BUILD relationships, where many people feel that it lessens both the quantity and quality of our face-to-face interactions. My experiences...
View ArticleYour School Year in Numbers
Dean Shareski recently shared a post where he has a compelling video that talks about his “year in numbers” (inspired by this Dan Meyer post), where he has compiled some information about 2012. (I made...
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3 Things That Show Strength, Not Weakness
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by phalinn As a student, I had a specific notion of what a principal should be and in my head they were similar to the “Wizard of Oz”; a person that hid behind...
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6 Reasons Why You Should Do a “Blog Study”
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by carlos.a.martinez Talking with good friends Tom and Leah Whitford, we were discussing moving staff forward and some of the conversations that drive our...
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The Dead-End Leader
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by bennylin0724 Having a conversation with a good friend and talking about my own experience, we shared some stories about leadership. The one thought that kept...
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Isolation is now a choice educators make.
I was reading some blog posts from a course that used my blog to push some thinking. The post that they discussed talks about being proactive through blogging used for reflection. It was interesting...
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To Those That Have Heard Everything
cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo shared by Steven Shorrock I was a little surprised to see a tweet from someone talking about how we shouldn’t be talking about “being connected” with people...
View ArticleThe joy of learning
The ability to connect on Twitter has become one of the biggest blessings in my life. I have connected with some of the best minds, but in reality, I have made my strongest relationships through the...
View Article5 Characteristics of an Innovative Organization
As the year has wrapped up for most North American schools, I look back at my year and realize how blessed I am to not only be able to travel the world and share my experience with others, but also the...
View ArticleOur Kids
Last Friday night, I sent out the following tweet: If you could take two minutes and comment on this kid’s blog, I am sure it would make her day: http://t.co/e0PUu4d5eH #comments4kids — George Couros...
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5 Ideas to Help You Blog
I sent out the following tweet regarding some “simplified” steps for blog that are crucial to the process: 4 easy steps for #blogging that we tell our students. 1. Write 2. Categorize 3. Tag 4. Publish...
View Article4 Reasons People Don’t Blog and Ideas to Help Change Their Mind
A lot of work that I do is not only showing people how to do “stuff”, but more importantly, trying to help them embrace change. One of the most powerful ways to not only change the teaching profession...
View ArticleSchool Culture and Mental Health #BellLetsTalk
The #BellLetsTalk hashtag has been a great initiative to not only raise money for mental health initiatives in Canada, but to promote conversations about the topic amongst individuals. Our...
View ArticleGetting Where We Need to Go
Leadership can be tricky. You have to juggle respecting tradition and research that has been done in the past, while focusing on the people in the building right now (students and staff), and also...
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4 Ways We Can Share Our Stories to Drive Innovation
There is no more human profession in the world than education. In fact, as content has become abundant, education has become more human. Fifty years ago, and fifty years from now, relationships will...
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