One of the quotes from the panel session at the Hong Kong Summit has really stuck with me: We look at technology as a tool, but our students look at it as an environment. (Btw, if anyone can remember who said it, I would love to know!). I often say that technology is just a…
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Tom Kelley got me thinking at the Hong Kong Summit: Where’s the innovation in our schools? Where’s the risk taking? Where’s the abundance of ideas? Who’s seeing things with fresh eyes? How are we taking the best ideas from other industries and applying them to education? Generally speaking, schools are excruciatingly slow to change. Even…
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It’s that time of year again. The time when all fifth graders start worrying about moving up to sixth grade. The transition from top of the elementary school to bottom of the middle school is not an easy one to make, as I so clearly remember. So, as part of our CoETaIL course 2, Chrissy,…
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It’s all about connections. Links in the virtual sense, being able to go from here to here. But also in the physical sense, traveling here, thanks to friends you made here. Making friends there, that you can easily bring back here. Here’s what some of my connections look like: Twitter: Facebook: Skype: If you don’t…
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Here at ISB we use the Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop model of literacy instruction. We have been fortunate to have the wonderful Maggie Moon consult with us on a regular basis over the last two year. One of the best things about working with Maggie is that she is open-minded about what literacy can mean…
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