See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse “Television rots your brain.” In a similar vein, video games turn your mind to mush, and staring at a screen for too long potentially makes you a zombie. In 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics ( Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Balance is the key to a happiness. It’s important to…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Do you find yourself wanting (more) help from parent volunteers, but are either not getting it, or not getting the kind of help that would be truly useful to you and your students? Is managing parent Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Volunteers. All schools could use more helping hands. Here are…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse For many educators, conferences are coming up soon, and it can be a stressful time of the school year. Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Some good resources to look at as you prepare for conferences. See on www.edutopia.org
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Earlier this year, I came across an article by Eric Sheninger entitled, “Seven Things Teachers Want You (Parents) to Know.” As I read through the article written from the lens of a teacher and school Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Here are some conversation starters for discussions with parents. Parents are…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Being connected is not easy. I’ve spent three years on Twitter building relationships and co-moderating and participating in education chats. I am constantly reading (and writing! Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Connected Educator in the US begins today. The idea is to advance the idea that educators need to be connected…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Over the summer, I offered to help some friends convert their dining room light fixture into a ceiling fan. Once the electricity was off, the old fixture was down, and I’d opened the large cardboard Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: How do you engage your studens in the classroom? Here are…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: There are some good ideas here that would be useful and would impact learning. There are none that couldn’t be implemented but which direction will our schoolf go? What is going to the role of the school? See on www.gse.harvard.edu
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Check out a roundup of Mashable’s favorite new and updated apps from the week for iOS and Android. Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Here are some new apps to look at. Notabe are the Jumpcam – video making with others, Evernote & 3M notes – I’m going to like this a…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse StudioH There’s so much fraught discussion over education reform, but at times, it all seems to become circular, undefinable, inconclusive. Ente Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: This is worth reading about. Design Thinking is a different way to examine tackling the problems that are around us – from the smallest to…
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Wouldn’t it be wonderful to walk into a leadership position and lead the charge toward efficiency, effectiveness, and higher profits and production w (#Relationship building: a key factor of #transformational #leadership Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: It’s all about trust and building relationships. Transforming anything begins with the relationships – be…