Below is a blog post by DBC/IMpress author George Couros author of best-selling books Innovate Inside the Box and Innovator’s Mindest. George talks about how to write start a blog and write consistently, which is a great habit to start in 2020! As many educators are either on their summer break or about to enter it, I know many are…
Below is a blog post from IMPress author A.J. Juliani, co-author of Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning. It is a simple question, but one that leads to all kinds of reactions: “Did you ask the teachers?” Often times in a search for innovative ideas and programs, we miss a ridiculously important stakeholder:…
Below is a post from Katie Martin, IMpress Author of the incredible book Learner-Centered Innovation. We are also excited to announce that Katie’s book is coming out on Audiobook in 2020! A few years ago at the San Diego Equity Symposium, I got to hear Liz Murray tell her story about growing up homeless to…
Below is a blog post by DBC/IMpress author George Couros author of best-selling books Innovate Inside the Box and Innovator’s Mindest. Notice the title of the post…”The Importance of Classroom Observations.” When you hear the term, do you think of observing and evaluating teachers or of the logistics of the space? To me, the term…
Below is a blog post by IMPress alum Brad Gustafson, author of Reclaiming Our Calling. The picture above is me on my radical BMX bike circa 1985. I’ll get back to my bike in a minute, but first I want to share a quick story from school this year. Earlier this year, one…
Below is a post by IMPress author John Spencer, author of Empower and author of an upcoming book Vintage Innovation (coming out early 2020). I used to believe that creativity began in the mind. Ideas popped in and people responded externally by making things. I would get frustrated when students came into class having only…