I suppose I should have seen it coming, but, with just four weeks left in the semester, I have reached the point of being completely burnt out. I honestly can’t stand the thought of recording one more lecture video. I Read more…
A powerful technique for building team collaboration, communication and productivity is to make the work very visible. You could create a Google document with a big list of tasks and share it with your team. Simple list applications are not Read more…
As a leader for a software development team, I really enjoy seeing our team members teach each other. Because I value education, I personally want to understand how various leadership practices foster learning. On our team, we have decided to Read more…
There has been a lot of chatter on the internet this week on successful women in the workplace (thank you Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg). Nature just dedicated an entire issue to women in science (see interesting article here). Seeing Read more…
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/botguy/8090983379/sizes/m/in/photostream/) As I have been listening and talking to advocates of STEAM education, I have come to believe that we need to engage young people in science, technology, engineering, art, and math as early as 3rd or 4th grade. Read more…
“Do you consider yourself a teacher?” This question was posed to me by a colleague standing in the door of my office earlier this week. My first thought was, “Um. Yes, don’t you? That’s why we’re here isn’t it? To Read more…
Open source 3D Printer – Photo taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_hardware As makers, we have the opportunity to build upon the ideas and innovations of those who came before us. The “open” movement challenges us to consider the opportunities for innovations when ideas Read more…
As a teacher I am surrounded by learning, or at least I hope that I am. I spend my days trying to figure out ways to help my students learn and serving as an advocate for education. As I was Read more…
There are many different reasons that people go into teaching. I am still not sure how I got here, but I do know that I am supposed to be here. I can’t really explain it, but I feel at home Read more…
If you read the news paper, it’s impossible to avoid headlines related to big issues facing our culture. How do we value people and human life? How do we address poverty? How do we improve our education system to foster Read more…