I started a new blog last night. Kind of a spur of a moment thing, really, but I think it will be fun. The blog was inspired by George Couros (@gcouros on Twitter) who posted a wonderful video about an amazing little boy named Caine. The blog will focus on all the amazing kids weContinue reading “Inspirational Kids”
Category Archives: Lessons Learned
My Resilient Little Girl
My 7-year-old daughter continues to amaze me every day. A little over a week ago, she broke her elbow playing on the monkey bars (or more specifically, falling OFF the monkey bars). It was a very bad break so she had to undergo surgery to fix it. You can see pictures and read the blogContinue reading “My Resilient Little Girl”
We Need to Get These Kids Reading!
I was reading a blog post tonight written by someone I admire in my PLN, Jessica Johnson (@principalj on Twitter). She is a principal in a K-5 school in Wisconsin. She is a principal whom I’ve been following for the past year and someone who I can really relate to. I find her to beContinue reading “We Need to Get These Kids Reading!”
Personalized Learning
The great debate in education, particularly where I live in British Columbia, seems to be Personalized Learning or Personalized Education. There was an #edchat chat this Tuesday with this as the topic. The focus for the chat was based on the following question, “What do we mean by the personalization of education & is itContinue reading “Personalized Learning”
School is Home
While I have always known it, from personal experience, this year made me realize once again just how important school is for our students. School is a safe place for many students. The ONLY safe place. Our students know what to expect, for the most part, from school. They know what to expect from theirContinue reading “School is Home”
Most Important Thing I’ve Done This Year
As another school year has come to an end, it is a time to reflect on the year, what worked, what didn’t and what you would like to focus on for the following year. For me, was quite a year that was a year full of firsts. This was my first year at this particular school.Continue reading “Most Important Thing I’ve Done This Year”
Top 10 in 10 Series: Web 2.0 Tools 5/10
For the past 8 months, I have been introduced to and have used many Web 2.0 Tools – personally, with my staff and school, and with my students. I would like to briefly share some of the Web 2.0 tools I have used the most this year. This is a very brief list of anContinue reading “Top 10 in 10 Series: Web 2.0 Tools 5/10”
Top 10 in 10 Series: Celebrating my 100th Blog Post 3/10
There have been many people who have influenced and continue to influence me on the web. In fact, it is very difficult to limit this to 10! I probably could have made my entire 100 list based on those who influence my thinking. I will limit it to 10 here though. If you don’t knowContinue reading “Top 10 in 10 Series: Celebrating my 100th Blog Post 3/10”
My Top Ten in Ten Days – Celebrating my 100th Blog Post 2/10
I have been working as a Vice-Principal since August, 2005. I have had the opportunity to work in three very different schools. For my first 2 1/2 years as a Vice-Principal, I was placed in a middle-class school with a high degree of parent involvement. My second school was in a working-class area with aContinue reading “My Top Ten in Ten Days – Celebrating my 100th Blog Post 2/10”
Obsession? or Passion?
For the last 8 months I have been focused on my learning, in an effort to help others, including myself and my colleagues, but, most importantly, the students in my school. During this time, I have been blogging regularly as a way to make meaning and build connections with many of the things I haveContinue reading “Obsession? or Passion?”
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