Tag: George Couros
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S is for System
“talking about divergent topics in other classes would encourage students to see the interconnectedness of our world”
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O is for Outside the Box
“Once you stop learning, you start dying.” Albert Einstein We hear the phrase “outside the box” a lot and it can get tedious through overuse. It can also be scary to people who feel they aren’t that creative or who don’t want to be WAY out there. The thing is I don’t mean outside the…
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On Being Timeless
Recently, Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Education at Microsoft, gave an analogy during his talk at the E2 Educator’s Conference in Singapore, he said: “If you took a surgeon from a hunded years ago out if an operating theatre and put him or her in a hospital today they would be completely lost and not…
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Moments to Find Your People and Your Beat
The Elusive Perfect Moment from The Educator’s Sandbox (theedsandbox) was the first blog post I read in IMMOOC. It was also the moment that I knew I was hooked. ‘This person TOTALLY gets Me’ is all I could think as I read. I too have been gripped by fear of ‘doing it wrong’. I’m so glad that…
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The Antidote to Fear
“I don’t think loneliness is a locational thing. I think loneliness is a feeling of disconnect, of not feeling like you’re doing something worthwhile and not feeling like you’re involved in something that has purpose.” Chris Hadfield Two years ago I was fortunate enough to hear Chris Hadfield (@cmdr_hadfield) at the canConnectED conference in Niagara Falls.…
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Don’t Just Interrupt – Disrupt
Definition of disrupt a :to break apart – rupture b :to throw into disorder c :to interrupt the normal course or unity of I have interrupted my normal course plans temporarily for special occasions and other timely reasons, but until recently I had never really disrupted my routine. This past month my class and I have been involved in…
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Learning Needs
As teachers we all learn about Bloom’s taxonomy and want to push our students to attain upper levels of thinking – analyzing, evaluating and creating. If we apply the SAMR model we want students to also attain the upper levels – modification and redefinition. Yet we also have to take into consideration the needs that…
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Our REAL Impact
Fourteen years ago my family and I began a journey that we didn’t expect and didn’t want. My 5-year-old son, second oldest of my four children, had been suffering with allergy issues all summer and into fall. Our doctor and doctors in the local Emergency department all had differing opinions, most of which were short…
