Principals' Institute

Education World surveyed 43 principals to learn what they consider essential traits of successful school leaders. Vision, trustworthiness and credibility, daily visibility, and a sense of humor were among the ten traits that topped the list! Included: Principals comment on the most important characteristics of strong leadership!

Mobile device in the hands of every student...yes, we're goin' there! As educators, we need to become Internet literate...and fast, so we can be ready to teach students to think critically about what they read on-line. Thank you, Alan November for the pre-lunch epiphany!

As another school year begins to come to a close, I have recently had some of our administrators (mostly elementary) contact me with ideas for making administrative tasks more paperless and create a more efficient workflow not only for themselves but for their teachers. Some of these have been regular "end of year" tasks and...

Choice Boards & Extension Menus "Choice Boards," "Extension Menus," "Think Tac Toe" ... You can call it lots of things, but the bottom line is choice: giving students a choice of products and processes by which they can communicate what they've learned. The Adobe Reader icon indicates that a file is .pdf format.

This is very nice to discuss the levels of learning and how to increase rigor within the digital environment

Great piece as we move into a new year and new semester.

The d.School's philosophy holds that space, furniture, tools, and technology are integral to pedagogy. Students are encouraged to display their ideas and work in progress. See how they use their space to promote behaviors critical to design thinking, such as empathy and experimentation.

Great article! Teachers as "architects of opportunity"...I love it!

As Cathy mentioned yesterday, those who make the least give the most in terms of percentage of income.

A free way to record up to 15 minutes at a time....whatever is on your screen. The only thing you need is a microphone and off you go!