Monthly Archives: December 2014

http://cultureofyes.ca/2014/12/29/my-top-3-list-for-2014/ Great way to create a “top 3” compilation – I’ll be cloning this soon!

Great read: http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/4974 I am working hard to ‘transform’ my school into a learning community. This has included an emphasis on strategies such as #geniushour and SOLEs (Self Organized Learning Environments – both of which I have dedicated areas for … Continue reading →

http://www.justintarte.com/2014/12/the-types-of-leaders-we-need-in.html A view on leaders which connected to me with Walter Isaacssons book “The Innovators” look at the start of Intel: “What Grove did not realize at the time, but came to understand later, was that effective management need not … Continue reading →

http://pernillesripp.com/2014/12/21/a-few-nontraditional-tips-for-starting-your-own-blogging-journey/ Be Yourself.

Recently when I talk about our learning community’s shift from report cards to “communicating student learning through eportfolios” I began to shift my approach from “it’s hard sometimes” to “it’s uncomfortable” – hard is trying to solve the Kryptos code. … Continue reading →

Day 77 (of 188) sometimes the best learning is “failing” Today was deadline day for posters to be done to be entered into a contest (need to be mailed). Some great art was created – I was happy to put … Continue reading →

Today we had our staff get together. Nothing fancy. A lot of appys (I introduced everyone to hotyaki wings!!) around a table and some chatting and some plotting. It doesn’t always take a big production to wind things up/down – … Continue reading →

Day 74 & 75 (of 188) regarding deadlines Bluntly: for me deadlines indicate when the learning stops (becomes “dead”)….usually. In our schools shift to eportfolios, I have seen the focus of classrooms shift to Learning opportunities instead of “we have … Continue reading →

Day 73 (of 188) the return of LOs As learning is ongoing process, I’ve taken advantage of the opportunity to return what I used to call Literacy Centers to what I am now referring as Learning Centers (though since so … Continue reading →

Day 72 (of 188) alternate office design It started with a great tweet about having “an office in the hallway” via: @tritonkory @rgallwitz @patrickmlarkin I responded with: challenge accepted – and ‘raised’ to a standing desk! Definitely interesting moving into … Continue reading →