I teach at a school with few limitations. Teachers are given most of what they ask for most of the time. And for that I could not be more grateful. But lately it has made me wonder if I want more limitations. Or at least more specific limitations. Many of the great innovators throughout history … Continue reading »
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The Nuance of Hacking
I’ve attended a number of sessions at SXSWEdu this year, but oddly enough, my two most useful and generative experiences have been in sessions run by people who live less than 10 miles from me in Chicago. The most useful and inspiring, however, came from the people at The Third Teacher, an education design group … Continue reading »
Hiring Great Teachers Using Twitter
Participating in a number of #edchats lately, I’ve seen variations on one type of comment come up on a fairly regular basis. It usually goes something like this: “I wish I worked at a school with so many twitter-connected colleagues. The conversations and PD that occurs here are invaluable.” This got me thinking about the … Continue reading »
Teachers Get Too Much Time Off?
As I sit here at my desk at work during my school’s Spring Break, catching up on all the paperwork that gets pushed aside when you have to give 4-5 hourlong presentations every day to a captive, partially unwilling audience, I’m reminded how many people talk about how teachers get paid too much because we … Continue reading »
