A Principal's Reflections
MAY 24, 2020
I have a secret to share. In my humble opinion, I am not very smart. While others might disagree, such as my mom, I pride myself on being extremely resourceful. However, this was not always my strength. During my years as a teacher and principal, I would spend countless hours planning, researching, and attending professional learning events to hone my craft in order to become a better educator.
Teacher Reboot Camp
MAY 24, 2020
“Zen-Relaxed and not worrying about things that you cannot change.” – Cambridge Dictionary. Distance learning has transformed the routines and lives of all stakeholders- students, families, and educators. How do we reduce the stress and find some peace and balance? I recently presented for the Minnesota Distance Learning Summit, Teacher Zen During Distance Learning.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 24, 2020
Today as I was checking for new updates in Apple's Tips app, it dawned on me to create a short list of what I think are some helpful hacks to help you make the best of your iPhone. If you don't check.read more.
MiddleWeb
MAY 24, 2020
After weeks of deciphering digital teaching and supporting students in new ways, educators are reflecting on their changed worlds. Principal Rita Platt reached out to collect some of their thoughts on the challenges, the silver linings, and their concerns about public education’s future.
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The Principal of Change
MAY 24, 2020
You can listen to the whole podcast on this topic with some added stories on Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud , Spotify , on YouTube. One of the comments I keep hearing over and over again during this time goes something like, “It has been amazing to see teachers try so many things that they haven’t done before.” Some even sharing a sense of surprise in others that are now using technology.
Learning with 'e's
MAY 24, 2020
There's been a lot of idle chit-chat about blended learning, and how 'indispensable' it is during the historic online pivot. Blended this and blended that - it's spoken of as though it were some kind of magic bullet that will cure all pedagogical ills. It isn't. But it could be. No, scrub that. It isn't. Blended is simply a crazy idea that learning can occur anywhere, in both formal and informal contexts, inside school and outside of it, using a mix of technology - as and when it suits.
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 24, 2020
With almost every child across the United States out of school due to the coronavirus, schools are shifting their thinking from stop-gap measures to the future of learning. The current scale of school disruptions, both nationally and globally , is unprecedented, yet the nature of them is not. Lessons learned from working with displaced refugees and people in settings of conflict can help us as we plan for a future of learning amid uncertainty.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 24, 2020
On a recent weekend, Destiny, 17, spent an unusually sunny spring day canoeing near her temporary home in Western Washington. Technically homeless, Destiny has been staying with her grandmother. She went to sleep that night on the living room couch with a slight ache in her throat. This story also appeared in The Seattle Times. She woke with a start the next morning, drenched in sweat, with a fever over 100, her throat nearly completely closed.
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