Homework is one of the most frequently and fiercely argued-about questions when it comes to education.
Read the full article HERE
Category Archives: Uncategorized
How to create an exciting learning space
If you have a kid of your own who reads, where does he/she sit when reading at home? Everywhere and anywhere is the answer. They lay on the floor, they slouch on a sofa or sit upside down on a sofa hanging over the arm.
Read the full article HERE
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
Like most 25-year-olds, Julia Rozovsky wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life. She had worked at a consulting firm, but it wasn’t a good match. Then she became a researcher for two professors at Harvard, which was interesting but lonely. Maybe a big corporation would be a better fit.
Read the full article HERE
Is homework stupid?
The average American high-school student spends seven hours a week on homework. The average for students across all developed countries is about five hours (pdf). Is it all a colossal waste of time?
Read the full article HERE
If You’re Going to Do Something, Go All In — The Creators Path — Medium
It is honestly mind-boggling to me how most individuals try to do so many things, but refuse to try doing them well. It doesn’t matter if this is about pursuing the path of being an entrepreneur, being a creative, learning a new skill, or traveling — it all comes down to the same dynamics.
Read the full article HERE
Read the full article HERE
How To Turn Daily Tasks Into Opportunities For Professional Development
If one of your resolutions for 2016 was aimed at professional development, there’s still hope.
Read the full article HERE
Podcasting for Professional Learning
On your marks . . . get set . . . TEACH! I want you to think about those words.
Read the full article HERE
The Terrible Teens
C57BL/6J mice are black, with pink ears and long pink tails. Inbred for the purposes of experimentation, they exhibit a number of infelicitous traits, including a susceptibility to obesity, a taste for morphine, and a tendency to nibble off their cage mates’ hair. They’re also tipplers.
Read the full article HERE
Inspiration
Great companies don’t hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them. People are either motivated or they are not. Unless you give motivated people something to believe in, something bigger than their job to work toward, they will motivate themselves to find a new job and you’ll be stuck with whoever’s left.
― Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action