Books I read in May 2023
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in May 2023…
- Leaders of Their Own Learning, Ron Berger (education)
- Defiant, Dave Bara (science fiction)
- A Million Open Doors, John Barnes (science fiction)
- Earth Made of Glass, John Barnes (science fiction)
- Tress of the Emerald Sea, Brandon Sanderson (science fiction)
- Crossover, Joel Shepherd (science fiction)
- Rockslide, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Sandstorm, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Wildfire, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Benjamin Stevenson (thriller)
- I Will Find You, Harlan Coben (thriller)
- Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness, Dan Zarrella (marketing)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
Books I read in April 2023
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in March 2023…
- The EduProtocol Field Guide, Marlena Hebern & Jon Corippo (education)
- The EduProtocol Field Guide Book 2, Marlena Hebern & Jon Corippo (education)
- Deploying EduProtocols, Kimberly Voge, Marlena Hebern, & Jon Corippo (education)
- Desert Star, Michael Connelly (thriller)
- The Fireballer, Mark Stevens (baseball)
- Starbound, Dave Bara (science fiction)
- The White Tower, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Banished, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Hurricane, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Haven, Joel Shepherd (fantasy)
- Killers of a Certain Age, Deanna Raybourn (thriller)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
3 Colorado keynotes in 2023!
Over the past few days final arrangements have been made and… I will be keynoting three statewide conferences here in Colorado this year. Woo hoo!
- June 14 – InnEdCO (our state ed tech conference / state ISTE affiliate), Breckenridge
- October 6 – Colorado Association of School Boards, Glenwood Springs
- October 7 – Colorado Association of Middle Level Education, Colorado Springs
I am looking forward to engaging with our Colorado educators and community members around leadership, deeper learning, technology, and innovation. Hope to see some of you at one of these fun learning events!
(and, as always, if I can be of support to you in some way, please don’t hesitate to reach out)
Books I read in March 2023
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in March 2023…
- Charter of Services of the Municipal Infant-Toddler Centres and Preschools, Municipality of Reggio Emilia (education)
- Sasha, Joel Shepherd (fantasy)
- Petrodor, Joel Shepherd (fantasy)
- Tracato, Joel Shepherd (fantasy)
- Lock In, John Scalzi (sci fi)
- Impulse, Dave Bara (sci fi)
- A Darkness at Sethanon, Raymond Feist (fantasy)
- Unnatural History, Jonathan Kellerman (thriller)
- Autopsy, Patricia Cornwell (thriller)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
Books I read in February 2023
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in February 2023…
- An Ethic of Excellence, Ron Berger (education)
- How Children Fail, John Holt (education)
- The Practice, Seth Godin (marketing)
- The Redemption of Maribeth-5, Chloe Garner (sci fi)
- Beware the Dog, Dominique Mondesir (sci fi)
- The Hunt, Faye Kellerman (thriller)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
The International Schools Podcast
John Mikton and Dan Taylor were kind enough to invite me on the International Schools Podcast. John and Dan do a fantastic job of highlighting interesting things that are happening in the international schools space and they always have awesome guests on the podcast. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you’re missing out!
I was incredibly honored to be on the show for Episode 89. We talked about deeper learning, technology integration, leadership, and lots of other fun stuff…
Happy listening!
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ChatGPT in education [WEBINAR]
I had the pleasure of being a panelist last night for the EdTechTeacher webinar on ChatGPT in education, which was moderated by Tom Driscoll. I was joined by Matt Miller of Ditch That Textbook and Jane Rosenzweig of Harvard College. The video is below or you can watch on YouTube.
Happy viewing!
LeaderTalk Episode 002: Kelly Tenkely
Anastasis Academy is an incredibly-inspiring microschool serving grades K through 8 in Centennial, Colorado (USA). In Episode 002 of LeaderTalk, Kelly Tenkely describes the powerful trust that she has in educators and students. She also shares how the school leans heavily into relationships and inquiry to drive powerful student learning.
During the podcast, Kelly mentions the Learning Genome Project, which is an attempt to truly personalize student learning. She is supporting multiple schools around the world through that work. Kelly also shares her thoughts on learning, teaching, and innovation at Dreams of Education.
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LeaderTalk is a podcast that elevates the voices of building-level leaders in inquiry- and project-based learning schools. The goal is to unpack their concrete, specific leadership behaviors and support structures that enable deeper learning experiences by their students and educators.
Episodes are available at leadertalk.org and on all major podcast platforms. Thanks for listening, and please let me know what suggestions you have for improvement. I want this to be useful to folks. Please also send me guest suggestions!
Redesigning for Deeper Learning Episode 002: Elementary School Writing
Episode 002 of the Redesigning for Deeper Learning podcast is now available. Lori and I redesigned an elementary school writing lesson that aims to help students learn about natural disasters.
Redesigning for Deeper Learning is a podcast in which we redesign lessons and units for deeper learning LIVE. Our goal is to model how we can start shifting our day-to-day instruction toward student agency, voice, and choice; critical thinking, problem solving, and depth of understanding; more real-world authentic work; and rich technology infusion. We believe that this might be the first podcast that actually redesigns lessons ON AIR.
After our first four episodes we are inviting teachers, coaches, and other instructional leaders to bring us lessons or units and redesign them with us on the show! If you are a classroom educator, coach, or curriculum designer, please use our guest sign-up form or contact one of the hosts if you are interested in joining us. We promise to treat you kindly and look forward to brainstorming some learning shifts with you!
Episodes are available at redesigningfordeeperlearning.org and on all major podcast platforms. Thanks for listening, and please let us know what suggestions you have for improvement. We want this to be useful to folks!
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