I haven’t made it a secret on social media that I have been struggling to write blog posts lately. It seems like something that should be...

It can be a bit overwhelming with all the “you shoulds” right now. You should be working online, offline, harder, smarter, on technology,...

In some of the long term contract work I do with districts, I have the honor of helping them set up virtual learning environments and...

When I work with districts in virtual learning and setting up virtual environments, one of the areas that is often overlooked is the...

When I was younger I would fall in and out of “love” easily. A new relationship was fun and exciting and the adrenaline from the newness...

We are reminded everywhere we turn in education that we need to be reflective professionals. This means thinking about our practice, our...

After I retired from my district position, I was a little lost. It didn’t matter that I had made the choice to leave, there were pieces...

One of the characteristics that people pick out most often about me is my level of resilience. Some mix it up with tenacity and they do...

I really believe that in education one of the most fundamental feelings we need to have is efficacy; the need to feel like we make a...

Growing your PLN is one of the most powerful things you can do for your own professional learning. Period. But, I find that people don’t...

We are beginning to recognize the value of balance in education. Finally, people are starting to understand that handing yourself over...

I often get asked how I re-engaged back into loving education. And I do love it. Like everyone, I have difficult weeks. Loving what you...

Recently, one of my favorite teachers in the high school approached me about students starting student managed social media accounts for...

I was reading through this guide by the University of Texas at Austin on thinking and teaching divergently and I came across these...

I have a 1-hour commute each day to work. I despise it more than words can describe. It is roughly an additional 10 hours out of my week...

The idea of divergence is occasionally envisioned as two paths diverging in the wood, perhaps thanks to our friend Robert Frost. However,...

I am a Director of Innovation and Technology. That is my role title. For people who don’t know me in my “every day” position, that...

I am on Twitter because my friends are there. The ones who push my thinking and who I want to see what they are doing professionally...

I am absolutely hooked on the book The Body Keeps Score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD. It is...

The other day I was working with the administrative team at a school district near Chicago. We were dissecting the Hierarchy of Needs for...