• Fascinating Video on Properties of Water & Propylene glycol

    March 23, 2015

    Check out this fascinating video about the properties of water and propylene glycol.  The interaction of the two in a mixture.  As one vaporizes in the mixture it influences the behavior of the drop and an adjacent drop.  This could be a very interesting inquiry activity for physical science, chemistry, or physics students. The Physics…

  • #STEAM can be more than STICKERS!

    March 22, 2015

    There is an interesting article in the recent edition of Harvard Education Letter, STEAM Not STICKERS, by Edward P. Clapp and Raquel Jimenez.  The authors discuss the importance of looking for authentic and intellectually justifiable ways to integrate art into the STEM disciplines.  They looked at a variety of STEAM (A for Arts) projects in various…

  • Mountain Park making changes that inspire collaboration through @AK12DC

    February 28, 2015

    I recently visited one of the eleven schools that are part of Atlanta K12 Design Challenge (@ak12dc).  Mountain Park Elementary, the Mustangs (@MPE_Mustangs), is a Fulton County School north of the I-285 loop.  I met with Stacy Perlman, the school’s principal, and Wendy Kelly, the school’s project-based learning coach.  After our meeting they took me…

  • From #Strategy to Execution: What are the Myths?

    February 25, 2015

    A recent article in Harvard Business Review, Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It, written by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes, and Charles Sill demystifies the beliefs we hold about how to implement strategic thinking or planning.  Here are the five myths the authors discuss and demystify. Myth 1: Execution equals alignment The authors point out that…

  • #leadership development: stay the course or try something new?

    February 22, 2015

    I read this interesting article, Future Trends in Leadership Development, written by Nick Petrie.  He proposes four trends for the future of leadership development.  (see page 6 for a summary, the whole article is about 30 pages) More focus on vertical development horizontal development focuses on specific competencies of individuals whereas vertical development focuses on developmental stages…

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