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Wanted: Authors, Designers, Producers, Engineers
If you are one of the following please report to the classroom and continue reading: Last week I was given the chance to fly to Bangkok for the EARCOS Leadership Conference. It was at this conference last year that I presided over a symposium of school heads to discuss their thoughts on leadership. If you attended the symposium or have followed the blog you may know that it was designed to be the capstone on a year long journey of...
The Art of Pitching
I wasn’t much of an athlete in my adolescence, and truthfully I’m not that stellar of an athlete now, but like many boys growing up in the US midwest I felt pressure to be in the “ball sports.” It’s not that I lacked functioning limbs, had bad eyesight, or enough heart for the game. I just wasn’t very coordinated and could be easily distracted by the simplest of things. Yet, every year I’d...
Pay Attention to the Signs
After living in and out of Asia over the last decade I’ve learned to appreciate the greater use of symbolism from that region. Whether it be incense burning at an alter in Thailand, famers lighting their fields on fire on lunar new year in Korea, or the tradition of singing a special song at the opening of the first day of school. So much can be learned and passed down to newcomers through the use of symbolism. It would be...
You’re Hired…Now What?
For many of us, part of this last year was spent entrenched in a job search. As spring approached, we said our goodbyes, packed up, and shipped our stuff off to our next adventure. In many ways our physical transition has already happened, but stuck in summer, it’s easy to exist in the in-between. If you’re like me, then you’re also transitioning into a full-time admin position. In someways this summer feels similar...
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Disconnect[ed]: Confessions from the Zombified-Black-Hole
Our summer series Disconnect[ed] is a collection of blogs, articles, and videos examining what we’re not doing right with technology in school. Less about what software or hardware a school should be using, Disconnect[ed] examines what constant exposure to media, apps, texting, etc, is doing to the way we think and interact with each other, and what schools can do about it. Last week I came down pretty hard on how undisciplined...
