Goal 3 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year’s 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! “Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon.” ~Ann Lieberman Goal Short-term– Ask a learner about […]
Month: January 2012
Carrots and…Smaller Carrots? The Values Dilemma! Food for Thought by Patrick Jackson
In Dublin we have an anti-littering campaign with posters that read ‘Litter is disgusting and so are those responsible’. I’d hazard that the tagline has no effect at all on the littering population who are brazen enough to throw litter on the streets. I doubt any one of them gives a flying fig about what […]
Goal #2: Highlight Your Magical Teaching Moment #30goals
Goal 2 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year’s 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.~ Goethe Goal Short-term– Share with us […]
Goal: Create Your Me Manifesto #30goals
Goal: Create a Teacher Manifesto of The 30 Goals Challenge! “The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” ~ Ferdinand Foch “Manifesto: a public declaration of principles and intentions.” via Wikipedia Goal Short-term– Create your Me Manifesto either on a blog, using the Word Dream iOS app, Animoto, Easel.ly, Canva, Tackk, Edubuncee, PowToons, or any […]
On the Horizon: 20+ Free Professional Development Opportunities for 2012
Part of the Cool Sites series January is the month when many of us are motivated to accomplish our goals for the year. If you are like me then you may have experienced several years of getting goals accomplished then felt defeated. In April 2009, I joined Twitter and began collaborating and communicating with educators […]