I often get asked how I re-engaged back into loving education. And I do love it. Like everyone, I have difficult weeks. Loving what you...

I’ve had the privilege of being a featured speaker a number of times, but I finally reached my personal professional goal of being one at...

Recently, one of my favorite teachers in the high school approached me about students starting student managed social media accounts for...

I was reading through this guide by the University of Texas at Austin on thinking and teaching divergently and I came across these...

Yes, I know I had the phone the wrong way. 🙂

Tomorrow one of my favorite students ever leaves for the Air Force. He has spent the last couple of summers working for our department....

I have been paying special attention lately to what I need to do to be a good leader and in order to do that, I need to reflect on the...

I have a 1-hour commute each day to work. I despise it more than words can describe. It is roughly an additional 10 hours out of my week...

I’ve been the Director of Innovation and Technology for two full years in my district and I’m a few months into my third. When I began my...

I’ve been watching my boys play football since they were eight years old. Actually, before that, if you include flag football. And in all...

I had flown down to St. Louis over the weekend for the #DigCitSummit and my layover in Chicago was met with a pleasant surprise. There...

The idea of divergence is occasionally envisioned as two paths diverging in the wood, perhaps thanks to our friend Robert Frost. However,...

Most of us know, in our heads, how social media can skew day to day life. We talk about this in relation to how our kids need to...

I am a Director of Innovation and Technology. That is my role title. For people who don’t know me in my “every day” position, that...

When I was a teacher, I did my best to ignore the talk of students in the grades below my own. At the beginning of the year, I would be...

In my district, the district administrators (with the exception of the superintendent and the business administrator) are all housed in...

Quite a few people I know focus heavily on data and research. They’re all about if things have been tested out and if they can be...

As I’m working on the mindset chapter for my upcoming book, it has been bouncing around my brain how I can incorporate growth mindset and...

I watched a video on Facebook yesterday about The Mengele Twins – a woman who was kept with her twin sister as a science experiment...

One of the topics that I speak about in my keynotes most often is teacher engagement. I feel that the level of engagement and efficacy we...