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 practices within this book at the Wisconsin State Reading Association Convention (#WSRA15). I am always inspired by hearing and reading Donalyn’s work and want to … [Read more…]
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 presenting: Within this full day workshop we will share the power of social media for school communication, social media for personal learning and web 2.0 … [Read more…]
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 school communication and for their personal ongoing professional learning. A big bonus for us on this? Joining the great Todd Whitaker! As promised to all … [Read more…]
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 can find the original post at Edsurge HERE. 1. The first words out of your mouth each day at school are usually, “Last night on … [Read more…]
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 wisdom on the People, the Place and the Culture. By creating a google doc for everyone to add their advice to, I also wanted to … [Read more…]
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 The #WIAmigos are at it Again) Anyone who knows me knows that I always promote the power of building your PLN (Professional Learning Network) through Twitter. … [Read more…]
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, ASCD was definitely the best for 2 reasons:1. I met almost all of my favorite “Tweeps” from my Twitter PLN in real life, which allowed … [Read more…]
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 I took copious notes in his session (that includes many audience responses) as follows: Why Change? We need to, because the world has changed, it … [Read more…]
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 wanted to attend the annual ASCD conference and this year I finally get to, because it is going to be in Chicago (just … [Read more…]
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 I’m sharing. That’s right. I’m showing how to use them, giving ideas of how they can be used and I don’t know everything about each … [Read more…]