Short Film: "Reflections"
Patience Nyanway is an aspiring college students in Austin, Texas whom I’ve known for several years. Her family immigrated to the United...
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- Apr 12
- 2 min
Online and Blended Learning Fundamentals: Learning from the Pioneers
As the pandemic has required schools to innovate, including with online, blended, and hybrid models that are unfamiliar to them, too many...
- Mar 16
- 1 min
Helping Children Feel Safe to Share
In this online class, I teach you three ways to build bridges that help learners connect across any divide they might be experiencing so...
- Mar 9
- 1 min
Using Games to Support Children Socially and Emotionally
Today's class is on using games to improve children's well-being. You'll hear evidence for why students need social and emotional...
- Nov 3, 2020
- 1 min
Designing PD that teachers actually want to do
In last week's podcast I shared an overview of my latest research about how to design a modular solution for educator professional...
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
4 alternatives to streaming lessons
It's been a long season of unusual hardship for many teachers, students, and parents, along with unusual disruptive innovation that...
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
Hacks for Helping Students Achieve in Class or from Home
This week's audio show, Episode 25: Hacks for Solving Esteem Gaps, is part of a special series to offer ways to close each of the gaps...
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Hacks for Solving Social Belonging Gaps
This week's audio show, Episode 24: Hacks for Solving Social Belonging Gaps, is part of a special series to offer ways to close each of...
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
23. Hacks for Solving Safety Gaps
This audio show is part of a special series to offer ways to close each of the gaps in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as we teach and care...
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
22. Hacks for Solving Physiological Gaps
This show offers a few shortcuts, for teachers and parents who are contending with physiological gaps.
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
The Mind the Gap Special Series
In this audio series, we talk through what we view as the best ways to meeting children's needs amidst tough time and scarcity.
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
21. How We Will Mind the Gap
One way schools can "mind the gap" as they close temporarily is by encircling parents with messages of encouragement, support, and...
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
20. As Schools Cancel, #MindTheGap
With COVID-19, Schools are rushing to build the online-learning train. But there's too big a gap for most kids. How can we #MindTheGap?
- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
19. Hurricanes and Other Hurdles
The Pathway Time Diagram below shows how to implement a flexible, customized block of time during class, similar to the structure that...
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
16. Flexible Learning Environments with guest Michael Norton
This Tuesday Share goes along with Ready to Blend Podcast 16: Flexible Learning Environments with Guest Michael Norton.
- Feb 24, 2020
- 2 min
18. Data-Driven Learning with guest Michael Norton
Use this Personal Power Tracker to help your students do data-driven learning instead of data-driven instruction. See podcast episode 18.
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
17. How Clayton Christensen Improved My Life
To accompany podcast episode 17, I'm posting 12 of my favorite Clayton Christensen quotes. Please print/share them if you'd like to!
- Jan 14, 2020
- 2 min
15. Moving beyond "Tech Integration," with guest Lisa Adams
This resource goes with Ready to Blend podcast 15: Moving Beyond Tech Integration, with guest Lisa Adams.
- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
14. Districts Can Support Principals, with guest Micha Villareal
This infographic summarizes how teams can use Discovery Sessions to innovate together, as discussed in Ready to Blend podcast episode 14.
- Nov 11, 2019
- 1 min
13. Finding Time to Transform Your School, with guest David Medina
This infographic provides a visual for how Principal Medina made time for his teachers to innovate. It accompanies podcast episode 13.