What Does Success Look Like?
What does success look like? Here is a hint; the journey to success isn’t a straight one but a journey full of lots of curves. tlb Source
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
Question of Homework: What is Right for Every Child?
Question of Homework: What is Right for Every Child? Journalist and author, Annie Murphy Paul, once again delivers a great article this time discussing the merits of homework and when it … Continue reading
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