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The Learning Nation: Getting Started With Frugal Innovation
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Realizations from the side of the desk of a Principal. It's education. There is no more money. There is no more time: there are 24 hours in the day. It's also the greatest job in the world, so let's get on with it. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Getting Started With Frugal Innovation. When I first created my blog page, I included the header message:. We groan together in unison. Bearing this overriding philosophy in education, of course our plates are full! Along with friend and colleague Simon Breakspear.
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The Learning Nation: Making Marking Meaningful
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Realizations from the side of the desk of a Principal. It's education. There is no more money. There is no more time: there are 24 hours in the day. It's also the greatest job in the world, so let's get on with it. Thursday, June 18, 2015. But what if we approached marking in a way that made it much more enjoyable and meaningful for us? How can we use our website to make our international students feel comfortable coming to our school even before they get here? Oh, and by the way. By the very nature of t...
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The Learning Nation: Faculty Meetings - Learning By Doing
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Realizations from the side of the desk of a Principal. It's education. There is no more money. There is no more time: there are 24 hours in the day. It's also the greatest job in the world, so let's get on with it. Friday, April 17, 2015. Faculty Meetings - Learning By Doing. Several weeks ago, a team of Sa-Hali teachers and myself went to San Diego to visit High Tech High. A few weeks prior to the trip, we received a series of Next Level of Work plans. From our Instructional Rounds observers in February.
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The Learning Nation: June 2015
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Realizations from the side of the desk of a Principal. It's education. There is no more money. There is no more time: there are 24 hours in the day. It's also the greatest job in the world, so let's get on with it. Thursday, June 18, 2015. But what if we approached marking in a way that made it much more enjoyable and meaningful for us? How can we use our website to make our international students feel comfortable coming to our school even before they get here? Oh, and by the way. By the very nature of t...
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The Learning Nation: May 2015
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Realizations from the side of the desk of a Principal. It's education. There is no more money. There is no more time: there are 24 hours in the day. It's also the greatest job in the world, so let's get on with it. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. The Age of the Shiny Object. What would a school that was totally focused on student and teacher learning look like? What is the type of learning that we want? We shout with pride. Some of our structures are changing as well. We have maker spaces, learning commons,...
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The Learning Nation: Failure doesn't teach kids, WE do.
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Realizations from the side of the desk of a Principal. It's education. There is no more money. There is no more time: there are 24 hours in the day. It's also the greatest job in the world, so let's get on with it. Sunday, December 12, 2010. Failure doesn't teach kids, WE do. But imagine that when your wife comes home, the first comment she makes is "What stinks? How would you feel about cooking dinner in the future? I have a couple of thoughts about this. Did these people really experience failure?
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The Learning Nation: August 2015
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Realizations from the side of the desk of a Principal. It's education. There is no more money. There is no more time: there are 24 hours in the day. It's also the greatest job in the world, so let's get on with it. Monday, August 17, 2015. What Are The EXPERIENCES You Create? The targeted question is this:. Whenever I think about this question, I remember an example of an experience that my daughter and I had last summer at one of my favorite hotels, The Four Seasons in Vancouver. We went up to the room,...
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The Learning Nation: April 2015
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Realizations from the side of the desk of a Principal. It's education. There is no more money. There is no more time: there are 24 hours in the day. It's also the greatest job in the world, so let's get on with it. Friday, April 17, 2015. Faculty Meetings - Learning By Doing. Several weeks ago, a team of Sa-Hali teachers and myself went to San Diego to visit High Tech High. A few weeks prior to the trip, we received a series of Next Level of Work plans. From our Instructional Rounds observers in February.
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The Learning Nation: The Age of the Shiny Object
http://thelearningnation.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-age-of-shiny-object.html
Realizations from the side of the desk of a Principal. It's education. There is no more money. There is no more time: there are 24 hours in the day. It's also the greatest job in the world, so let's get on with it. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. The Age of the Shiny Object. What would a school that was totally focused on student and teacher learning look like? What is the type of learning that we want? We shout with pride. Some of our structures are changing as well. We have maker spaces, learning commons,...
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