More on Mindset
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about developing a growth mindset , in particular in math class. Engage their Minds chimed in with more great resources for developing a growth mindset. It’s something...
View ArticleLet Them Explore Their Passions!
Passion. It is one of my favorite topics when it comes to education. I know that there are people who will say that asking kids about their passion is a fruitless task – they are kids, what do they...
View Article#LikeAGirl
Since when was doing something “like a girl” an insult? This is what director Lauren Greenfield set out to discover as she began the social experiment known as the Always #LikeAGirl campaign....
View ArticleBe Bad…Until You Are Good
I am a bit fan of helping children to establish a Growth Mindset and the idea that #youcandoanything. Sometimes however, I think perhaps teachers can be at fault for overthinking how to go about...
View ArticleQuestioning for A Growth Mindset
I have posted numerous times about the importance of a growth mindset. Today I came across a great infographic that can be shared with students in order to help them take responsibility for their...
View ArticleDo What You Like, Like What You Do
I was looking for something and one click led to another, led to this TEDx talk by co-founder of Life Is Good, Bert Jacobs: Bert’s message is simple: do what you like like what you do be grateful for...
View Article(Un)Professional Development
I recently saw this heading somewhere (Facebook? Twitter?) and was naturally intrigued. And then I was in love. Here’s why. First, take a look at the premise for this organization that offers training...
View ArticleAt Least I Tried….Again.
A year ago, I published a post on this blog titled At Least I Tried. It referenced a daily cartoon from Gaping Void that was accompanied by this text: In light of yesterday’s post, this was (again)...
View ArticleAll The Single Subjects
The lone single subject teacher… The majority of my teaching career, I have been an upper primary classroom teacher. I am always interested in new things so I have also spent time as an Elementary Art...
View Article12 Ways to Practice
Today on Twitter, I came across a tweet from @growthmindset1 with a link to an article: Wynton’s Twelve Ways to Practice. This caught my eye because the tweet said the rules applied to “anything”....
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