Learning Pioneers, an online learning network for educator collaboration and learning, featured a video conversation with Ron Berger and Trevor MacKenzie exploring craftsmanship, feedback and reflection. I have previously had the pleasure of learning from both Ron and Trevor. As I listened to their conversation that mostly focused on feedback, reflection, and craftsmanship for students, […]

I am currently reading The Power of Giving Away Power by Matthew Barzun, which introduced me to the leadership work of Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933). When I read the description of her passion, it triggered me to consider applications to the work of PLCs. “Small, diverse groups of people with a dizzying array of different […]

In the previous blog, I described how a post written by JoAnna Haugen, the founder of Rooted, an organization with a focus on sustainable travel-related initiatives, led me to think about similarities with teachers’ planning for learning. Her blog, titled Reframing Tourism with Two Powerful Questions, suggested that the traditional tourism model is based around […]

I follow a blog written by JoAnna Haugen, the founder of Rooted. Rooted’s mission is to responsibly document, support, celebrate, and share sustainable travel-related initiatives that prioritize local communities and the planet – and to help others do the same. Her recent blog was titled Reframing Tourism with Two Powerful Questions. JoAnna suggested that the […]

Two recent podcast conversations connected on the need to teach with big concepts. Both educators caused me to reflect back on this diagram from Grades K-12 Rebound: A Playbook For Rebuilding Agency, Accelerating Learning Recovery, and Rethinking Schools page 79. (See earlier blog) The authors stressed the need for students to engage in strategic thinking […]

Feedback literacy is the ability to effectively receive, interpret, and respond to feedback. It involves understanding the purpose of feedback, identifying the key points, and using the information to improve one’s work. Feedback literacy is essential for students to become reflective empowered learners, who can identify their strengths and areas for improvement. Teachers’ feedback literacy […]