Inspired by Jackson 4th Graders’ Common Sense

Yesterday, someone sent me an email about Warren T. Jackson’s 4th Grade Class led by Ms. Campbell. In part of the email, Ms. Campbell explains, Earlier this year, my students were inspired by the Apple Education Summit and its introduction of interactive, digital textbooks on the iPad. In class we tied what we learned about [...]

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CHANGEd: What if school leaders practiced the change they preach…and developed a people strategy? 60-60-60 #57

Thinking about CHANGEd 60-60-60: PEOPLE STRATEGY and re/pre-flecting… In Pat Bassett’s TEDx St. Georges School talk, he reveals seven big shifts in the larger world that are changing the landscape of education and schooling: Knowing…Doing Teacher-centered…Student-centered The Individual…The Team Consumption of Info…Construction of Meaning Schools…Networks Single Sourcing…Crowd Sourcing High Stakes Testing…High Value Demonstations If we administrators [...]

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CHANGEd: What if we used the Big Shifts to evolve? 60-60-60 #56

Do educators really listen to the leaders of our national organizations? Shouldn’t we? As a member of an NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) school, I believe I should listen and respond to the leadership of Pat Bassett. Will you take 27 minutes to watch his talk about the Big Shifts for schools of the [...]

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CHANGEd: What if we invited, even prayed for, disturbance? 60-60-60 #55

Recently, I heard my school president open a meeting with a prayer written by Sir Francis Drake in 1577. I accessed a copy of the prayer here. In the prayer, I am reminded of a line from Pat Bassett’s TEDx St. George School talk (upcoming in post #56), which paraphrased basically communicated – Parents, we [...]

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CHANGEd: How ’bout we challenge patterns and routines? 60-60-60 #48.5

Some say the future belongs to the pattern see-ers. I think our future belongs to the pattern makers and the pattern challengers. How ’bout we challenge patterns and routines more in school? Worst thing that could happen – we surprise some folks and realize the world won’t stop spinning. Best case scenario – we open [...]

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