A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

For the purposes of this post, let’s put aside more traditional pathways that are either provided to educators or ones that are sought out, such as conferences and workshops. Book Studies Reading is such a critical aspect of one’s personal and professional growth. Making the time is only one piece of the puzzle.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 3, 2014

To fully utilize a new teaching technology you often need to invent new teaching practices as well." - John Seely Brown I absolutely love this quote that Vicki Davis ( @coolcatteacher ) uses in the opening chapter of her new book titled Reinventing Writing. The book is broken down into three main parts. This is all just part 1!

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2015

To make matters worse many states, districts, and schools made knee-jerk reactions when the budget ax came down a few years and cut traditional hands-on courses such as wood shop, agriculture, metal shop, and cooking. In many cases elementary schools have even taken fun out of school for kids by cutting recess.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 19, 2014

If you haven’t noticed, I have been a tad bit excited over the past couple of weeks leading up to the release of my new book. The process continues today where a culture has been built that preserves important traditional elements while pursuing an innovative agenda for growth and improvement.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

I (Mariam) grew up in a Pakistani diaspora family, where I observed roti-making as an organizing tradition of my home culture, but one that remained a gender-exclusive space for girls, mothers, and aunties. We both started our lifelong studies of roti at a young ageboth as a frequent eater and observer of the food. where I teach.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

To be honest, these groups are not in my traditional wheelhouse, but I saw it as a learning opportunity to branch out and expand my level of knowledge. Recently the district asked me to be a part of their professional development day, which consisted of seven different learning strands specific to the needs and interests of their teachers.

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ED Surge

MAY 9, 2023

After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again. So many, in fact, that he ended up co-writing an entire book about them with a colleague at his university, David Clark. And so I was interested to note that you argue in the book that “traditional grading violates any reasonable standard of equity.”

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

.” I dedicate time every morning to my professional growth by reading an article or chapter in a book. My reading regularly inspires my blogs, books, teaching, and work with educators. My reading regularly inspires my blogs, books, teaching, and work with educators.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 17, 2022

During this time, I developed the Pillars of Digital Leadership and later authored the book around concepts that I found pivotal to the change process leading to transformation. Transitioning from a traditional to a more personalized culture emphasizes equity while providing learning spaces that are more reflective of the real world.

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HistoryRewriter

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I want the books to be different from a traditional History or ELA class reading so that students understand the purpose of Ethnic studies is supposed to bring students and communities together. This book contains a great deal of emotional content that students can use to empathize with the characters in the story.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

This post is the first in a series that will outline the foundational elements of my new book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. My book will focus on each of these elements as part of a change process. Chapter 5 in my book takes a critical look at how digital leaders communicate.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Try also to read one education book and another related to a different field such as leadership, self-help, or business. To complement traditional means of professional learning, work to create or further develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We spent this fall diving into the rhetorical traditions of American politics. We want to spend some time rereading and reflecting on those books that contributed to the national conversationsome immediately and others through the weight of time. Last spring, we broke down the presidential election cycle.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Outdated books filled the stacks, food and drink were not allowed, student devices were prohibited, and senseless rules were consistently enforced. The learning space that was once in the traditional library has now been taken over by the students. For years it was a place that students and staff alike avoided.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

In a book that is both practical and beautiful, she lays out a pathway for how schools can make more authentic connections with the people in students’ lives outside of school. This is one of those books, because at a time like now, when so many things feel broken, it gives us some ways to heal.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

On this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we tell the story of this ambitious book-scanning effort that sparked an epic legal battle among publishers, authors and technologists. Schonfeld, co-author of the new book, “Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization.” So the way that folks discovered books was really different.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

LED stools at the Little Bits bar One of the most amazing transformations that has taken place at NMHS is the creation of the Makerspace in what was our traditional library. When I hired Laura I basically told her what her budget was and that she had complete control of how she wanted to use the money.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Farmers planted grains to make traditional dishes such as starchy, mild fufu and thick, warm tuo zaafi , and households stored surplus tubers in their wattle-and-daub homes to nourish them throughout the year. Logan, now a professor at Northwestern University, started working at Banda as a graduate student in 2007.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

For many years New Milford High School was just like virtually every other public school in this country defined solely by traditional indicators of success such as standardized test scores, graduation rates, and acceptances to four year colleges. We were no different and had succumbed to a fixed mindset.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 2, 2021

In a short period of time, we have seen innovative companies such as Uber, Lyft, Vrbo, DoorDash, and Robinhood disrupt many traditional service areas. To learn more, get your copy of my new book on Amazon. The “Jetsons moment” has become engrained in our lives no matter where we live or work.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

We were able to transform the learning culture of a traditional school and in the process got results while becoming an example that others emulated. When I reflect back on what we were able to accomplish at New Milford High School, I am overtaken by a great sense of pride. What would you add?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Now, with a new book coming out in May, provocatively titled “MATH- ish ,” Boaler is fighting back. She had written a book, “What’s Math Got to Do with It?: Traditional math proponents worried that the document would water down math instruction in California, hinder advanced students and make it harder to pursue STEM careers.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2013

This post is the sixth in a series that will outline the foundational elements of my new book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. My book will focus on each of these elements as part of a change process. It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. To view the entire series click HERE.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

Sometimes that means looking beyond traditional metrics of success to find other areas where the needle can be moved. It was at this point that we planned longitudinal work over the course of the year, which included a book study using Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms. When faced with adversity, we take one of two paths.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 29, 2018

Below provides a synopsis of the book: Today’s pace of technological change is staggering, and the speed of current breakthroughs has no historical precedent. In Learning Transformed , my co-author Tom Murray and I looked in detail at the disruptive changes we are all seeing currently, but also those that are yet to come.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

It does not rely on someone being in a leadership position in a traditional sense but more so on a desire to want to change professional practice. Image credit: [link] The whole premise of my book Uncommon Learning is it to provide relevancy, meaning, and authenticity in the teaching and learning process.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2017

.” – Eric Sheninger and Tom Murray When Tom Murray and I set out to write Learning Transformed our goal was to connect as much research as possible to our ideas and statements as well as the amazing work taking place in schools, known in the book as Innovative Practices in Action (IPA’s). Cited Sources Barrett, P., & & Zhang, Y.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2014

Every school has a story, or a “brand” that captures the mission, the norms, the traditions and the values of the school population. Digital Leadership , by Eric Sheninger- New book for every edleader wondering how to use social media to engage, inform and inspire. How do you achieve that? With transparent communication and lots of it!

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2015

Josh’s book outlines and discusses five key areas that teacher’s should focus their energy on if they want to see change and start this revolution. There are also inherent issues with education traditions. As in any industry, traditions and legacies exist largely to continue and perpetuate the status quo.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2019

From articles to blog posts to books, that subject has been covered in great detail. VGo gets the student back to the traditional schooling environment by providing a physical device that replicates the student while away from school. What makes something innovative? There is no shortage of debate on this topic in the least bit.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

There is a dire need to support educators in the areas of digital leadership and learning while exposing them to non-traditional learning pathways. Other major responsibilities with my new position will be a continued focus on writing books, blogging, connecting with educators, conducting workshops/presentations, and delivering keynotes.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

There are many changes I intend to make, but the most significant will be creating a book that is more “evergreen,” a book with less focus on tools and more on the dispositions of digital leaders. Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

One just has to refer to the history books to see how this has played out across the world since the beginning of time. It does not rely on someone being in a leadership position in a traditional sense, but more so on a desire to want to change professional practice. This is a great example of forced change. Forced change rarely works.

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Anthropology 365

DECEMBER 3, 2024

After five years of research and writing, I am pleased to announce that my first book is under contract with University of Texas Press. Below is an excerpt from my book prospectus. Most importantly, the book offers an optimistic view of possibilities, even in the face of social and environmental precarity.

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History Tech

JULY 10, 2023

And one consequence of the altered agenda is that my summer reading list, a treasured tradition dating back to the summer following my first year of teaching middle school, is now […] Let’s just say that my May and June did not go as planned and leave it at that.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A new book by one of those AI pioneers digs into the origins of ChatGPT and the intersection of research on how the brain works and building new large language models for AI. What has really been revealed is that we don't understand what ‘understanding’ is,” says Sejnowski. “We

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

This post is the fourth in a series that will outline the foundational elements of my new book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. My book will focus on each of these elements as part of a change process. It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. To view the entire series click HERE.

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