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Previous articles

A Week in the Life

November 8, 2014

Many people that I meet ask me (what used to be) innocuous small talk questions like, where do you live …

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Moments of Clarity – Fall Edition

November 6, 2014

Since Monday, I have been in three different time zones, rented three different cars, flown through too many cities while …

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Passionate Learners by Pernille Ripp

May 15, 2014

Last year Pernille asked me to write the foreword to her first book, Passionate Learners: Giving Our Classrooms Back to …

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Art.

May 15, 2014

I taught art for a year in the 2000-2001 school year (as one of those, 20% of your job is …

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The important role relationships play.

May 15, 2014

Earlier this year, I posted about my current teaching gig and the struggle I was/am in to know the students …

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Speed Learning: A Classroom Activity

April 17, 2014

When I explain speed learning to the students, it is inevitable that one of them will say… is this like …

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History of Anything: Part One

April 12, 2014

First of all, credit to SLA teacher, Doug Herman for planting this idea in my head over the years at …

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Moments of Clarity: Coaching

April 12, 2014

I started coaching in 1994. Basically, I showed up at a parochial school near where I was going to college …

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Audience Matters.

April 8, 2014

For the past 2 years I have been, predominantly, out of the classroom. However, in the past 6 months, I …

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20 Years after the Rwandan Genocide

April 6, 2014

All weekend, I have been listening to NPR while I enter grades and work… and many people are talking about …

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Travel and Presenting Calendar

February 17-18: OER/Social Studies Methods - Liberty Public Schools, Liberty, MO

February 20: Keynote and Sessions - Austin ISD Innovation Summit, Austin, MO

February 23: Inquiry/PBL Teacher Workshop - Santa Barbara County Education Education Office,

February 24: Teacher Workshop - La Cuesta Continuation and Alta Vista Alternative High Schools, Santa Barbara, CA

February 26: US Dept of Education #GoOpen Exchange, Skywalker Ranch, CA

March 6-10: sxswEDU, Austin, TX

March 17-18: Middle School Redesign/Strategic Planning - Crescent Road Middle School, Griffin, TX

March 21-25: Personalized Learning/PBL/Inquiry work - Henry County Schools, McDonough, GA

March 29: Inquiry/PBL workshops - The Langley School, McLean, VA

March 30, 31, April 1: SLA@Beeber/SLA-Middle School New School Start Up Support - Philadelphia, PA

April 2-4: ASCD, Atlanta, GA

April 11-15: Personalized Learning/PBL/Inquiry work - Henry County Schools, McDonough, GA

April 25-27: SLA@Beeber/SLA-Middle School New School Start Up Support - Philadelphia, PA

April 28-29: Middle School Redesign/Strategic Planning - Crescent Road Middle School, Griffin, TX

May 23-24: Dynamic Landscapes Conference - Burlington, VT

May 25-26: School Visits with SLA-MS team, Burlington, VT

June 10-20: Wilderness Explorer trip - GCY/Philly/Flagstaff - Flagstaff, AZ

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