Best Twitter Chats for Educators
Best Twitter Chats for Educators If you are looking for an innovative way to share and receive information for your faculty, here are a few worthwhile chats to consider. tlb
Can Student Writing Improve Using Facebook?
Students’ Writing Improved Using Facebook? Can social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter help to improve writing or even better students’ interest in writing? I ask this question, not to … Continue reading
Watching Finland: Innovation in Technology?
Watching Finland: Innovation in Technology? Again Finland is in the news for what some will say is forward, innovative thinking. I am a bit reserved in my thinking mainly because … Continue reading
Maintaining Balance
This is my reminder that technology is good, but should have boundaries. tlb
More Proof Grit Matters for the Next Generation of Children
More Proof Grit Matters During a forum on early childhood education in July, I heard a snippet of a TED Talk that started me thinking. The TED Talk was by … Continue reading
Connected, but Alone: How Do We Maintain Our Humanity in the Digital Age?
I love using principalaim to highlight an educational perspective that I share or that I am wrestling with. Today’s “Read This Now!” features a noteworthy TED Talk from Sherry Turkle (professor in the … Continue reading
What Defines You? Who Defines You?
Schools should provide opportunities for students to foster their innate skills while challenging them to try new things that will build and shape the character. Let’s seek to provide safe … Continue reading
“Linked Learning:” Vocational Education Redux
“Linked Learning:” Vocational Education Redux In keeping with my first blog of the day, I also thought I’d share this article from latimes.com all about California’s attempt to provide “relevance … Continue reading
What Does This Mean for K-12 Education?
What Does This Mean for K-12 Education? While reading an article on Time.com this morning, I suddenly had a troubling thought. What does it say about K-12 education if college … Continue reading
How Much is Too Much?
How do we determine the just right amount of screen time to help enhance the learning process? tlb
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