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The Fall '09 issue of Independent School magazine is about school mission. Pat Bassett, head of NAIS, established a committee of college ...

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I've used Vimeo, which allows videos to be share via password (or left open if you prefer).

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Michael Horn Discusses Disruptive Examples

My school is working with Michael Horn on our next school plan. Michael has graciously allowed us to share his videos with you. We will be using these videos to explore and apply Disruptive Innovation theory to our next school plan.

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Engaging Teachers with a Streamlined Version of Understanding by Design

I am haunted by more failure than success because of failing to adjust my professional development design to match current personal and system realities. But these failures have created opportunities as well. Here's how. Excitement filled the roo...

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Here are the three short blurbs for the AIMS Technology Retreat program. Feed, a Must Read Anyone who works with or knows a teenager, a tweenager, or a pre-teen absolutely must read Feed by M. T. Anderson. Set in the near future, the author convin...

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Preston Webster replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Laurie, You are at the heart of what motivates adults to learn. Excellent. Most of my failure had to do with my inability to connect meaning, purpose, and passion to learning that helped teachers improve teaching (this means doing something diffe...

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Laurie Bartels replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Hi Preston, I think that PD – and this refers to all types of PD, not just PD related to technology – should encourage and support learning: • within one's area of expertise • within one's area of passion • that complement's one's area of experti...

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Laurie Bartels replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Thanks, Preston, for sharing the article on finding time. ~Laurie

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Preston Webster replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Time is our enemy, for sure. Sadly too much PD is designed around time and budgets. But honesty is encouraged here as well. Time is required as teachers deconstruct and construct ideas while creating predictability and control in ready-to-use mat...

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Curt Lieneck replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Thanks, Liz. We just haven't had much luck with getting teachers to give up those blocks, at least not on a consistent enough basis to make any real progress. I hope you see some real success in making this paradigm shift.

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Liz Davis replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

It would come out of their free block. I'm planning to meet with them every two to three weeks for a semester.

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Curt Lieneck replied to Susan Carter Morgan's discussion 'Twittering?'

I used it pretty actively for about two years and ultimately found it more annoying than useful. Keeping a decent signal to noise ratio took too much care and time. I'm glad others find it wonderful, but it didn't really work for me.

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Curt Lieneck replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Where is the teacher's time coming from to engage in these more personalized approaches to PD? We would gladly do more of this sort of thing with teachers, but even those motivated to do so have a lot of trouble making time for them.

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Robert Principe added an event

Making it Real: A Workshop on Multicultural Competency Development in Every Classroom at Beaver Country Day School

December 14, 2009 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm

Making it real: A Workshop on Multicultural Competency Development in Every Classroom MONDAY, DECEMBER 14TH. 2009 1:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA. Please spread the word - administrators (grades 6-12) will benef...

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