Which books do you turn to when you need comfort? What is the book you read (and re-read) to make yourself feel better? In her podcast The Allusionist, Helen Zaltzman – a language fanatic – discusses exactly this in an episode called ‘A Novel Remedy’. Like familiar foods, music and movies, we often turn to […]
Sometimes it feels as if student success in today’s world is only about acquiring and exhibiting the knowledge, skills, and personal development needed to achieve multiple personal and education goals. But there’s so much more to our children and the dynamics of learning are complex. They extend well beyond the walls of a classroom. Families […]
Almost daily I find myself in conversation with educational leaders, and one topic that routinely surfaces is “How do we help our learning facilitators teach creativity?” Naturally, this has taken me to Twitter to find some answers. It seems the first challenge in teaching creativity is changing the perception that is is purely artistic. Creativity […]
Recently, I started thinking about extraordinary learning experiences that stay with us – and what exactly is behind them? What causes them to stay with us? Are these experiences as casual as we might think? Or, is there really a pattern to these learning experiences, that would allow educators to create more of them for […]