Google Innovators: How To Draw Toast As you may know, for the past two years I have been doing a “20 Time” project with my...
Google Innovators: How to Build a Moonshot Note: This is the first in a series of posts in which I am processing my experience at the Google...
Innovation is a Mindset: My Google Experience Last week, with the support of my school, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Google Certified Innovators...
Action Plan, Meet Google. Back in December, a couple of my colleagues (thanks Charles) nominated me for the Google Certified Innovator program. I...
What is the Purpose of School? Should schools focus on preparing students for real life or for University? Wait...aren't those the same thing? As I...
Step 1: Know Your User It's the third week of November. Report cards are just finished looming, piles of marking are stacking up, students...
The Stars Aligned: Advice for Cohort 21 Yesterday, my Mom sent me a text message with the above image attached. She had pulled it from...
What Can Friday Night Lights Teach Us About Learning? Note: In 2014-15, I am honoured to be a Facilitator for Cohort 21, a professional development program for teachers...
An Equation for Effective PD Note: In 2014-15, I am honoured to be a Facilitator for Cohort 21, a professional development program for teachers...
Continuity and Change "Your job is to change the world, okay?" - Dr. Pearl Rock Kane on redefining the perception of what...
Teaching is Like Running A scene from this morning's run through Lawrenceville. The campus solar farm and bee hives (!!)While here in Lawrenceville,...
Affirm, Challenge, Repeat. The past three days have been a bit of a roller coaster for me here at the Klingenstein Summer...
What is Thinking? In my last post, I wrote about my aspiration of developing a culture of thinking in my students. But...
A Practical Exercise in Philosophy Our first full day at the Klingenstein Summer Institute (KSI) has come to an end we’re all feeling like...
Radical Education Research Collective For the past two years, I have been a member of a group known as the Radical Education Research...
Keeping Up: Twitter and P.D. I use twitter to keep up on trends in education, learn from the experiences of other teachers, network with...