thinking about education
During the first two weeks of the new year, I put over 1000 miles on my car, driving around my state to visit five different school divisions. Three were smaller rural divisions; two were larger suburban divisions. But, they all had several things in common. All were grappling with challenges related to funding and student [...]
I enjoyed reading Scott McLeod’s series on issues related to outside consultants. Scott does a great job pulling together lots of good ideas related to providing quality professional development. He references both the National Speakers Association’s Code of Professional Ethics and the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Code of Ethics as two excellent resources for [...]
As I read Will Richardson’s response to Jay Mathews’ Washington Post articles related to 21st century skills, I had a lightbulb moment (compact flourescent, of course). Here’s the quote that flipped the switch for me in terms of some of the cognitive dissonance I’ve been experiencing lately:
But this new potential to learn easily and deeply [...]
There’s been an interesting back and forth in Twitter about 21st century literacy. Tomorrow, it will spill over into an Elluminate session that I am sorry I will have to miss. I’ve written about 21st century skills in the past, equating them with leadership skills and suggesting that Ben Franklin possessed most of the skills [...]