Developing Wild Readers
I've previously shared my learning from reading Donalyn Miller's book Reading in the Wild, but am grateful to have had the opportunity to hear her keynote on her research and…
Principal 2.0 Resources for #IPANewAdmin14
I'm excited to join forces again with Amber Teamann on July 25 as we spend a day with the new administrators in Illinois for #IPANewAdmin14. Amber and I will be…
Principal 2.0: The Connected Administrator
Yesterday Amber Teamann and I joined the great principals in Indiana for the Indiana Principal Leadership Institute (#IPLI) to share with them how Social Media can be a useful tool for…
You Know You’re a Connected Educator When…
Here is a cross-post from a post that I wrote for Edsurge. While I've written many posts about being a Connected Educator, this was a fun list to write! You…
Getting Acquainted – the People, the Place, the Culture
While getting ready to lead a couple of sessions for New Elementary Building Administrators I turned to my PLN and tweeted out asking for people to share some words of…
A Post for the Principals New to Twitter
I have previously written about how powerful Twitter in several different posts: My #1 Recommended Resource, Expanding my PLN on Twitter, Is Social Media Taking Away from Personalization and Relationships, and…
Connecting with great educators at #ASCD13
This is the first of several posts I'll be writing to share about my awesome learning at the #ASCD13 conference in Chicago. Of all the conferences I have ever attended,…
#ASCD13 Post: Turn the Battleship on a Dime: Keys to Initiating Sustainable Change
One of the great sessions I attended at #ASCD13 was on sustainable change led by the great Eric Sheninger, or else known as @NMHS_Principal. Eric was a phenomenal speaker and…
Getting excited for the ASCD 2013 Conference!!!
Image from ASCD Conference Page ASCD is one of my go-to sources for ongoing personal PD through the monthly Educational Leadership and the numerous books published each year. For years…
I have a secret…
I am leading a session on use of specific apps on the iPad for teachers in my building tomorrow and I am NOT an expert on any of the apps…