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Why You Should Be Teaching Your Students to Beg
My wife and I have made a concerted effort to decrease the amount of interactions our 2 year old daughter has with technology. We haven’t so much decreased her screen time as just avoided it all together.* However, if you’re a parent like I am, then you know that your child has an uncanny ability to chip away at your resolve. Between ear twisting whines to sweet smiles our daughter has learned the art of begging,...
How to Reclaim the Workshop
As far back as I can remember I’ve always been interested in working with my hands. As a small child I would play with my dad’s tools in the basement, eventually making my own little workbench and collecting an assortment of tools. When I learned to write I created a sign and placed on the wall, it read “ANdys Woke Shop”. It was like something out of a cliche Sears commercial. In our basement my dad had...
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Introducing The Learn[ed]Leadership Podcast
It’s that time of year again, Spring Break! For my international teacher friends this means trips to Bangkok or some other far flung low-cost destination. Living in Hawaii I am blessed with a number of beautiful locations to celebrate a little time off. Whenever a wonderful holiday break comes in the year, I’m remind of something an inspiring educators once told me when I asked how he kept balanced. He said, “I think...
The Logistics Filter
Have you heard the joke about the logistic-minded bride-to-be? It goes like this. Once there was a man who fell in love. He couldn’t imagine living a day without his perfect wife, so mustering all of his courage he got down on one knee and asked his potential fiancé the big question, “will you marry me?” Understanding how important of a question this was the bride paused to think deeply about what she was being...
Identity Crisis: The Changing Role of Teachers
Are you a teacher? Why? What motivated you to choose a career working with students in schools? If you answered yes to the first question then your second answer likely includes something like “I enjoy young people,” or maybe ‘”my parents were teachers,” or “I had an important teacher that changed my life.” Some of you might also say something like “I was always a big science...
Getting Risky
If you’re a football fan you know that in most cases if your on offense and it’s 4th and 9 it’s time to punt. Or is it? The other day I came across this video about the benefits and drawbacks of punting. Take a look: To be honest, I’ve always preferred going for it on 4th down versus punting it away, which probably says something about my appetite for risk or my tendency toward optimism. However, the story...
