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Tech Isn’t Everything – Teachers Are! Applications to Better Prepare Educators for the Digital Age

Here is an article that I discovered that I thought I’d pass along to anyone looking for interesting apps during the summer relating to technology and the classroom. Happy Summer! … Continue reading

July 13, 2013 · Leave a comment

Leaning into Technology

For years, educators have struggled to define successful technology integration. Like many of my colleagues I, too, have worked with teams of other school leaders and teachers to determine how … Continue reading

July 10, 2013 · Leave a comment

Read This Now: Leadership and Capacity

In this week’s Read This Now, I ‘d like to not only spotlight a great article about leadership but to also share a wonderful resource that I recently discovered called Connected Principals. … Continue reading

July 9, 2013 · Leave a comment

Reading: Method to Avoid Summer Brain Drain

For years, teachers have suggested lists of the best books for children based on their grade and reading level. However, parents should also make sure they have a variety of … Continue reading

July 7, 2013 · 5 Comments

Creative Solutions to Help Avoid Summer Brain Drain

Preventing summer brain drain is the number one goal of educators and parents across the country each summer. Like many educators, my first impulse is to suggest a trip to … Continue reading

July 7, 2013 · 1 Comment

Read This Now: 5 Transitions Great Leaders Make

Each week, I’d like to use principalaim to highlight an educational perspective that I share or that I am wrestling with.  This week’s Read This Now entry suggests there are five key transitions that help … Continue reading

July 1, 2013 · Leave a comment

School Leadership: Jim Collins’ The “X Factor” of Great Leadership

I was fortunate enough to attend a conference in February where author Jim Collins was the conference’s opening day speaker.  During the lead up to his session, I wondered what … Continue reading

June 29, 2013 · Leave a comment

The School Day Just Got Healthier

This is a new tag line on the United States Department of Agriculture’s website.  On yesterday, June 27, The USDA launched its latest initiative to help improve the kinds of … Continue reading

June 28, 2013 · Leave a comment

Read This Now!

Each week, I’d like to use principalaim to highlight an educational perspective that I share or that I might be reflecting upon.  My first entry for Read This Now  focuses on one … Continue reading

June 19, 2013 · 1 Comment

Student Success & Cooperative Learning

It is becoming more and more difficult to motivate student success because so many of our students come to the classroom with varying abilities and lack of interest in learning; … Continue reading

June 19, 2013 · 1 Comment