The whole notion of intellectual circulation or flow is embedded in the word “influence” itself (“to flow into,” influere in the original Latin). Good ideas influence, and are themselves influenced by, other ideas

This resonates for me in relation to my own blogging, where I often think of blogging as “rough draft thinking”, or “thinking in progress,” and where I count on commenters and linkers to help me refine my own thinking.

I believe we miss so much, and our students miss so much, because we view so much of what we do as transitory, and not worth keeping or revisiting. What is it about self-reflection (again, both professionally and with/by our students) that worries us so?

As you begin to be "always on" when it comes to learning and improving your practice, of building relationships with learners at a distance who you can trust are interested in what you want to learn and/or like, you dip into an ocean of content with confidence. No longer are you frightened by the unknown, you can rely on the specific advice of your personal learning network

After a few moments, I thought that the fact that there is so much written about PLNs goes to show why having one is so important. We need them to help us sift through the deluge of information

I am pleased to say that I work in a district with some success in incubating innovation.  We locally help to fund innovation with a fantastic “Apple Seed” grant program for creative projects.  We also celebrate ingenuity with an “Innovator of the Year” award- presented alongside the T.O.Y. award each year.  On a district wide level, our administrators in charge of curriculum & instruction are working hard to implement constructivist-leaning instruction and content-specific best practices.