Shifting the Focus to People
This month’s issue of Principal features this article, which I co-authored with Ann Allwarden (a practicing school principal) and Jeff Wayman (an expert in educational data use, data systems, and a...
View ArticleHow to Organize Lit Review Notes
A good way to organize notes for oodles of articles is to put them into a matrix or table. That way, you can synthesize themes across the board. Although I guess Excel is the most commonly used...
View ArticleOn the #PLN echo chamber: An example from politics
Flickr: Jon Collier One of my areas of research has involved administrators on Twitter. One of the concerns that I have raised is the issue of echo chambers. If Twitter really is about PLNs and...
View ArticleAcademia, Love Me Back
Dear fellow professors, I know it’s hard, but let’s remember that without students, we aren’t teachers. Let’s offer them encouragement, so that they too might shed light where it is needed. Even when...
View Article#EdTech for Reviewing Class Content
Came across this list of tech resources for reviewing class content. Although I teach graduate students, I find that they also benefit from a little review and reflection. These look great!
View ArticleZen Meditation at Boston College
Pleased to announce that Boston College now has a Zen Meditation group! This semester, we’re meeting at 1 PM on Wednesdays. It is led by Alan Richardson, a fellow professor at BC and Senior Dharma...
View ArticleEffects of Data System Use on Student Achievement
Here is Jeff Wayman’s post about our recent AERA Open journal article. I really liked working on this piece. Partly because there isn’t much research that actually uses teacher use logs of data...
View ArticleWhy I Left Silicon Valley, EdTech, and “Personalized” Learning
Food for thought! InspirED I started this blog five years ago now. I can’t believe it’s been that long. It’s taken me from Chicago to San Francisco and back. But somewhere over this five years–over the...
View ArticleSuggestions for dog names?
We’re hoping to adopt this little guy tomorrow. We’re told he has potential as a therapy dog and will be 30 lbs. as an adult. What are your suggestions for names?
View ArticleHow Root Cause Analysis can energize school data use
At the beginning of the summer, I attended for the second time Harvard’s Strategic Data Project annual convening. Even now, the experience continues to stand out in my thoughts as an incredibly...
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