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I have been to a number of institutes and workshops on building an effective STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, program in schools. Thus far, I have not left a professional development experience with a clear sense of what it means when a school labels itself, “a STEAM school.” Some schools offer programs students…
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A number of things that have happened recently that are helping me understand the value of mindfulness. While I have successfully used mindfulness activities in teacher cohort meetings I facilitate, I have yet to fully adapt it into my life or work. In our faculty cohorts, we have used the book, How to Think Like Leonardo…
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Today Thomas Friedman wrote at article in the New York Times, How to Get a Job at Google? In my professional network it was the “article of the day.” There must have been at least 10-15 references to it by 5:00 pm. Why is that? Is it because so many people love to read Thomas…
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When we help students learn to ask thoughtful, curious, and authentic questions we get a glimpse into what they are learning. The $10,000 question is how to help them learn to ask good questions. The first thing I have learned is that as educators we need to model for students how to ask good questions.…
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The Splendid Table is “the show for people who love to eat.” What if our schools had this tagline, “the place for people who love to learn.” I was returning from an outing this afternoon and tuned in to the Splendid Table, an NPR program hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. This afternoon the title of…
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