Monthly Archives: June 2011

What’s The Right Question About Motivating Students

For a long time, I’ve been working with educators on motivating underachievers. But recently, I caught a piece of a presentation and the presenter said that “How do I motivate my students (or your team or your staff…)?” is the … Continue reading

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We Have Our Second Graduate!

Recently, my wife and I got to attend a special graduation. Corey is my second student from the virtual project-based program to earn his high school diploma! The virtual project-based program allows students to earn credit by designing and doing … Continue reading

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Update on Auburn’s iPads in Kindergarten

Well, we’ve had Kindergarteners with iPads since mid May, and it has been awesome! We rolled out iPads to 5 Exploration Classrooms (about 100 students) so those teachers could help us find apps that helped us meet our curricular goals, … Continue reading

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Leadership for Change – Part 2 – A Model for Large-Scale School Change

In Leadership for Change – Part 1, I introduced the idea that large scale school change, change that really redefines the way things are done in school, requires careful attention to implementing the right components in a thoughtful way. In … Continue reading

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