"Grit" is a buzz word; we have a hard time tying down exactly what we mean by it, or even if we share a common understanding. Earlier this year we had a lengthy discussion in this blog space about "grit". Check out this short piece from CBS Channel 9 LA yesterday; I think you will [...]
How are three school leaders and their respective schools staying at the leading edge of the innovation wave? How are they successfully transforming away from the assembly line model of "school"? I had a 90 minute video chat yesterday with Bo Adams of Mt. Vernon Presbyterian in Atlanta, Thomas Steele-Maley of the new GEMS World [...]
It's getting close! The official page for my new book, #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education, is now up on the Jossey-Bass website! There are links to major US distributors, including Amazon, which has #EdJourney available now for a pre-order discount. I am discounting my normal facilitation/workshop/speaking fees by up to $750/day to encourage [...]
The conveners of #FUSE14 chose the perfect image as metaphor for the event: a swimming pool. I was a swimmer growing up; learned how to swim at age three and was competitive in all four strokes by age five. Am still at home in the water as I am on land. Like our students in [...]
Shameless plug? Yeah, a bit, but I cannot help but reflect on how much of the conversation amongst this group of educators at #fuse14 parallels the core elements of my first book, The Falconer. I guess it was inevitable at this venue: a key driver of #fuse14 is Bo Adams who was one of my [...]
As I blogged yesterday (really? at the pace of #fuse14, it seems longer than that), Mount Vernon Institute For Innovation (@MVIFI) has created a remarkable playbook for design thinking. It is available at this link. I know I am going to use some of these routines in my workshops and work with schools. Remember to [...]
What allows people to bare their closest held dreams and their personal pain in front of a group of 200 strangers? I think it is an overwhelming passion to make the world a better place, and that is what we heard in the brief MoVe talks to kick off #fuse14. (Won't try to make hyperlinks [...]
CORRECTION: Tonight's live #dtk12chat from #fuse14 will go live at 6:45 PM ET; the chat starts at 7 PM ET. Here is the link to the live video portion of the chat.
Do you wish your professional development budget was larger? Great interactions, learning, and personal growth do not have to always include getting on an airplane. Here is another simple, great chance to expand your comfort and knowledge base with both design thinking and online collegial connections: There are more than 200 weekly Twitter chats hosted [...]
What if faculty and staff viewed their individual and collective affinities through the lenses of learning and pedagogy rather than the silos of class, department, division, or office? What if faculty, staff, students, parents, and trustees engaged in strategic-level thinking together, on a frequent basis, collaboratively and transparently aligning school resources directly in support of [...]