It’s Never Too Late to Stop Learning

It’s Never Too Late to Stop Learning

Confession: I’m as giddy as a school boy right now. Today I purchased my first ever Midi keyboard. I’ve been playing with it all day. As much as I want to pretend that I have mastered the thing, I’ve barely figured out how to transpose keys. And that...
Three Simple Strategies with Huge Impacts

Three Simple Strategies with Huge Impacts

I just returned from an incredible weekend of learning. I totally nerded out. My pen couldn’t move fast enough to record the slew of brilliant ideas spread by educators throughout the globe. Welcome to Hong Kong’s 21st Century Learning Conference. The...
The Time I Almost Quit Teaching

The Time I Almost Quit Teaching

Ten years ago to this day, I almost quit teaching. I felt overworked, tired, frustrated, helpless and so far removed from the kind of teacher I wanted to become when first entering the profession. I starting teaching to make a profound difference; but there I was,...
Futures Academy Identity Exhibition

Futures Academy Identity Exhibition

This is a picture of a student presenting her professionally published Ibook. The book represents a culmination of her work in an integrated Futures Academy project called the “Identity Project.” I led the planning of this project with a three...