Below is a blog post from one of our upcoming authors George Couros! His book, Innovate Inside the Box, will be out August 2019! When I was in Grade 4, my teacher, Miss Butler, ended the year by giving everyone a personalized card that wrote about the unique things she saw in me in the…
A post by Tom Murray – His newest book will be out November 2019! Traveling the country and working with school and district leaders over the past four years has significantly altered my lens. Spending fourteen years in the same district in Pennsylvania was an incredible blessing. I worked with so many dynamic, kid-loving people….
A Post by Sunil Singh, co-author of Math Recess: Playful Learning in an Age of Disruption. It is no coincidence that the deeper awareness of the value of play for our children is coming at the same time as the heightened attitudes towards play and mathematics. For a while, the pairing of those words generally…
A Blog Post by Elisabeth Bostwick- Author of Take the L.E.A.P. Countless educators aim to inspire, be the change and exude positivity. I’m grateful for my connection to educators who exhibit this as it’s what encourages others to persevere in the face of adversity. As someone who has always embraced this concept myself, I tend…
A blog post by Katie Martin I recently shared this graphic on Twitter, which resonated with many of you and I wanted to share an excerpt from my book, Learner-Centered Innovation, where this graphic came from. A school leader shared with me that, although she felt her school offered ample professional development, she was frustrated that they hadn’t seen…
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 used technology to consume rather than create. I would beg them to take risks creatively. Make something different. Be bold. Branch out even if…