Learning By Watching Part Two: Asking Questions
“The important thing is not to stop questioning” –Albert Einstein Asking questions is an important part of the art and craft of teaching. A good question can open up learning, be a catalyst for...
View ArticleLearning by Watching Part Three: Real Learning Index
Using a Flip camera can help us uncover data we might not otherwise see in our classrooms. In fact, data can focus our attention so intensely that we see patterns that might not otherwise be possible...
View ArticleLearning By Watching Part Four: Video Study Groups
The availability of inexpensive HD video cameras, such as iPhones or Flip Cameras, and easy-to-use, inexpensive film editing software, like iMovie, opens up many opportunities for professional learning...
View ArticleLove
If I do not love the world–If I do not love life–If I do not love [people]–I cannot enter into dialogue. Paulo Freire. What does it mean to teach with love? The poet Margaret Atwood has famously said,...
View ArticleListening
“The more deeply you understand other people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel toward them.” Stephen Covey Imagine a person you know, a real person, who is not a very...
View ArticleSteve Jobs, Radical Learner: Sell Dreams
The [think different] ad campaign … reveals a fundamental difference between radical innovators and mediocre copycats: the former believe in their customer’s dreams and their ability to change the...
View ArticleThe Most Important Part of Instructional Coaching? Setting a Goal
For most of my career, I’ve been studying teacher growth. I’ve found, as I’m sure many readers have found, that one-shot workshops and other quick-fix forms of professional development often have...
View ArticleWhat is the Value of a Coach?
Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance. Atul Gawande A district administrator recently wrote to tell me that her district was facing “tough financial...
View ArticleWhat Video Helps Us See
This is an early version of a section from my forthcoming book coming out at the end of this year. Using a video camera to learn about your teaching is like looking into a mirror. –Beth Sanders,...
View ArticleLearning Forward Keynote: Autonomy, Accountability, and Professional Learning
Given the opportunity to speak at the Learning Forward Summer Conference, I asked myself, what would be the message I would consider most important to share with a large audience of educational...
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