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This is a guest post by Lisa Parisi, and was originally published on her blog Lisa's Lingo. On October 25, Lisa is going to be leading an online discussion How I Spent 35 Years Teaching Children to Respect Each Other... Continue reading

Posted Oct 16, 2020 at PILOTed

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A Quick Question About the Future of #Education

I was having an interesting discussion with some Scottish educators during the Creative Bravery festival about different ways to teach. One of the topics resulted in the recent post Should We Let Pedagogy Die?. The other topic has taken a... Continue reading

Posted Oct 1, 2020 at PILOTed

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Should We Let Pedagogy Die?

Pedagogy is the way we teach kids. Pedagogy focuses on the methods that bring content to students effectively so that they learn it. In 1980 Malcolm Knowles acknowledged that pedagogy was not enough when we wanted adults to learn: Adults... Continue reading

Posted Sep 22, 2020 at PILOTed

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A Different Perspective on College

As a society, we’ve developed a collective vision about college: College is the gateway to a good life and a good career; every person should have the opportunity to go to college; it’s not just about preparing people for jobs,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 11, 2020 at PILOTed

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Data based Covid decision making.

We are all concerned about both the effects of distancing during the Covid threat and the effects of keeping society, the economy, and schools closed. We’re in new territory. No one knows the answers, and we are all justifiably concerned... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2020 at PILOTed

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Instructional Strategies for Today

In their essay Instructional Strategies for the Future, Brenda Bannan, Nada Dabbagh, J. J. Walcutt describe the limits of traditional instructional methods, and then present instructional requirements, instructional techniques, and strategies for meaningful learning that we should be using today... Continue reading

Posted Aug 23, 2020 at PILOTed

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The story says more about you than about reality

Former FBI Agent Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty on Friday to making a false statement, essentially admitting that he altered an email used to request permission to wiretap Carter Page to say that Page was “not a source” for the CIA.... Continue reading

Posted Aug 16, 2020 at PILOTed

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Insights from the Past/ A Path Forward

You may think that with all you’ve learned about racism over the last few months, you’ve got it, you understand it. You already know how Blacks were dragged over from Africa, how they were made slaves in what became the... Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2020 at PILOTed

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Practical tips on reopening schools

These are points made by Ashish Jha, Professor of Global Health at Harvard in a webinar moderated by Bridget Long, Dean of Faculty at Harvard GSE. These are complex decisions. It’s not a simplistic question and answer. We have to... Continue reading

Posted Aug 2, 2020 at PILOTed

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Are You Angry?

There are certainly a lot of things to be angry about right now. Covid-19. The response to Covid-19. People not wearing masks, or people wearing masks. Racism and bigotry. Policy brutality. Lawlessness. China. Russia. Trump. Biden. Republicans. Democrats. Media and... Continue reading

Posted Jul 22, 2020 at PILOTed

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Flexible Pedagogy Post Covid-19, a White Paper

Going into the Covid-19 shutdown, US schools probably couldn’t have been more unprepared to deliver online, remote, or blended instruction. Look at what we did. Teachers taught through “classroom management” and assessed through tests that are easy to grade but... Continue reading

Posted Jul 10, 2020 at PILOTed

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Women, #Equity, and #Covid

Maybe it’s time to also talk about gender discrimination. In the age of Covid, where the home spheres and work spheres have become comingled, how are households coping? Who is taking care of the children when they are not able... Continue reading

Posted Jun 11, 2020 at PILOTed

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Meanwhile in Finland ...

Here in the US, schools were closed for the better part of two months, and fewer than 30% of students actually kept up with schoolwork. Finland closed from March 18 to May 13, and then re-opened elementary and middle schools... Continue reading

Posted Jun 8, 2020 at PILOTed

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What does Virginia Beach expect from Teachers and Students

This year's CoSN Annual Conference was online last week. Aaron Spence, Superintendent of Virginia Beach and the CoSN and AASA Empowered Superintendent of the Year gave an incredible presentation. His conclusions after so many years in the field are that... Continue reading

Posted May 29, 2020 at PILOTed

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Remote Learning via Webconference reinforces both privilege and deprivation

How do we give every student dignity when we conduct live online classes with them? Each time we videoconference with a student we are inviting ourselves into their homes. What are our reactions and how do we think students and... Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2020 at PILOTed

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How will the Coronavirus shutdown affect education next school year and beyond?

These are ideas curated from a survey and interviews with educators and administrators about what are the likely ramifications of the Coronavirus shutdown on education starting in the 2020-21 school year. First let’s go through some of the obstacles schools... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2020 at PILOTed

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What’s School Going to be Like After Covid?

It’s April, 2020. How are you feeling about education right now? Stressed? How are you preparing for next school year? It might be hard to plan for next August and September when you are trying to take care of your... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2020 at PILOTed

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Setting the expectation for online education

In an unprecedented transformation, almost 2/3 of all school children are home instead of in school, many for more than a month. In most cases, teachers will continue teaching, using online tools. Expect a disaster. Many students are going to... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2020 at PILOTed

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A Behavioral Guide to Changing People's Minds

If every time you disagree with someone or offer someone criticism, they take it and change, you don’t need to read the rest of this blog post. Thomas S. Critchfield offers ten rules for changing others’ behavior and getting better... Continue reading

Posted Feb 21, 2020 at PILOTed

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Is the News Media Making Us Angry?

The media has always filtered and distorted information. Newspapers, magazines, television, radio, cable news, news sites, social media, have never been impartial observers and reporters of all that’s happening locally and in the world. But something seems to have shifted... Continue reading

Posted Feb 11, 2020 at PILOTed

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Thoughts as we close out 2019

Let’s say you and I are working on something, but we are starting to get distracted because we are both very thirsty. I have a glass that is half filled with water, not enough to quench either of our thirst.... Continue reading

Posted Dec 20, 2019 at PILOTed

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New Hampshire #EdTech Highlights

This last week I attended the New Hampshire Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference (CMTC) for the first time. The biggest highlight of the conference was the opportunity to attend Kathleen McClaskey’s session on personalizing learning. But before recapping what was so... Continue reading

Posted Dec 7, 2019 at PILOTed

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Perception

Let's start with three figures, an emoticon image, an image of a grown woman, and an image of a sheep, and put them together in the same frame. As you look at the three figures, what's the story? Here is... Continue reading

Posted Oct 26, 2019 at PILOTed

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If students had more grit, they would succeed

If kids had more grit, if they persevered and just tried harder, then they would all succeed. That assumption is probably one of the ten most harmful beliefs we can have if we want to help students. Let’s look at... Continue reading

Posted Oct 13, 2019 at PILOTed

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Tidbits heard at BMO 2019 Back to School Conference

BMO's Back to School Conference is always one of my favorite places to hear about potential disruptions, new trends, and investment information in education. This year did not disappoint. There are 5300 colleges and universities in the US; 20% of... Continue reading

Posted Sep 21, 2019 at PILOTed

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