Rail Against Big Brother, Blah, Blah, Blah!
"I'm getting my daughter, a high school freshman, an iPhone." "Oh, that's great," I replied. Having made the plunge myself for my son, who was also headed to high school, I couldn'
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Resolving Tough Conversations @skfuller principals
Defuse exclamations match them with a question that shows a willingness to listen. You can flip a tough conversation on its head to the benefit of all involved. But how? This blog
What's Connected Mean To You?
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What's Connected Mean To You?
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Scenario 3 - Peer Accountability principals
"At my school," shared Jennifer, "teachers are expected to administer the benchmark assessment, run the paper through the scanner, then organize the results. Every time it's Meli
Exploring Growth Mindsets principals
Colleague Jananne Healey and a team of folks created the following presentation for sharing at District Leadership team meeting: It's based on Carol Dweck's book, Mindsets . I reg
Get Twitterpated! principals hdgallery
About This Presentation My presentation for a "speed dating" event for new teachers. This type of speedy introduction is fun to do. We were looking for silly names to share w
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Here are my responses to questions that appeared in my inbox: Update: In case the slideshow doesn't play, watch it over at Haiku Deck.
Confrontation Protocol for Principals
Chatting with a principal colleague, s
Scenario 1 - Confrontations that Lead to Excellence
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Scenario 2 - Hungover Teacher Wearing Sunglasses in Classroom
"Could you please pick up my students from the gym?" asked Martina. "Sure! You stuck in traffic?" countered Virginia "Oh, I'm so blasted from last night. My boyfriend and I w
Exploring the Confrontation Model
For fun, I decided to give Susan Scott's Fierce Conversations
Leadership CPR for Relationships and Meetings
"Why don't you two speak to each other about this? When you're ready to rejoin the group, let me know." Oh, how naive I was. That was my response to two warring team members.
Sharing Conference Presentation Topics tcea techforum
Earlier today, TCEA 2014 Conference organizers emailed approvals for conference sessions. Shockingly, I found a few happy emails in my inbox. What a great opportunity to share idea
Where Have the Good People Gone?
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Hashtag Publishing Made Simple @flipboard @brickflow
Two fun tools make it easy to republish content that has a hashtag. I've spent a lot more time considering the power of hashtags given that I've unsubscribed from thousands of folk
Managing Your Virtual Presence encryption privacy (Updated)
Update: Lavabit.com has been shut down by the owner. How would I adjust my diagram? Hmm... My Fellow Users, I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become compl
Avoid a Sucker's Choice: Handwriting OR Tech iPad writing
Reading this recently tweeted article, Is It Time to Stop Teaching Handwriting in Schools?, on handwriting and how it's taught less in schools because…
An Inconsequential Flap of a Butterfly's Wings
Demonizing the teachers in schools today threatens our future efforts. Not because it drives out all teachers from schools, good, bad & indifferent, but…
An Inconsequential Flap of a Butterfly's Wings
Demonizing the teachers in s
Cwittering - Trimming Twitter-Following
Savage your writing with revisions until all the romance of your original words are replaced with what should be written and only what should be written. Source: Pure Church
First Spring
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