Fabulous things You Can Do with Google Commands

Did you know that you can just open the Google Search app on your phone, tap the mic, and command your device like an unbottled Genie? Thanks to Whitson Gordon and this LifeHacker article, my phone is now listening to me in a whole different way! Open the "Google" app (on my phone it looks like the...

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6 Steps to Make Staff Development Sticky

The biggest problem with staff development is that many times, it doesn't work. .If you want it to "work," then you have to work. .Here are some ideas each of us can implement ourselves (school leaders, you can help!) to make sure our own professional learning sticks. If you've attended staff...

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Takeaway of the Day from the TASA Transformational Leadership Academy: Tell Students about Engagement

Tell students what engagement is. Sometimes they don't know what it is or that they're supposed to be engaged. When they know, they can help teachers design engaging work.Engagement means students are . . .attentivepersistent andcommittedStudents who find value in their work persist even when it's ...

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What the Best Teachers Do . . . What the Worst Teachers Do

I've been working lately on a New Teacher Academy and it has had me thinking a lot about the very basics of being a good teacher. My daughter, Sylvie, a high school senior this year, also contributed to these ideas. If you'd like to contribute, please add a comment to this entry or open the Google Doc...

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