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There are people behind those screens
Monica Lewinsky: now there’s a name I haven’t given serious thought to since I was about thirteen years old. Yet, according to the speech...
Chris Woods
Nov 30, 20204 min read
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The Breadth and Depth of Copyright
There is conversation happening at the highest level concerning the infrastructure of the Library of Congress and how it relates to the...
Chris Woods
Nov 28, 20203 min read
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Access and footprints
I remember when I was sixteen years old. For Christmas, my parents got themselves and me matching cellular phones. These phones were...
Chris Woods
Nov 26, 20204 min read
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Digital Citizenship debated
The line between citizenship and digital citizenship will progressively blur as we continue to advance in our digital age. For most of...
Chris Woods
Nov 19, 20203 min read
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If we're going to make a change, LET'S GO BIG!
When considering how to best implement an alternative form of professional learning, I kept running into an all-too-familiar struggle:...
Chris Woods
Sep 16, 20202 min read
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Beggars CAN be choosers
As an instructional coach, it is part of my job to build relationships with teachers and support them in the areas in which they wish to...
Chris Woods
Sep 7, 20202 min read
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"R.O.U.S.'s - Rodents of unusual size?...
...I don't believe they exist." As Wesley and Princess Buttercup entered the Fire Swamp, this famous movie quote was uttered, right...
Chris Woods
Sep 3, 20202 min read
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Everyone loves a good story
Everyone loves a good story. We see it all over our culture and in our society. We get inspired by stories about people who have...
Chris Woods
Aug 28, 20202 min read
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Too much common sense?
An aspect that is tragically missing in the world of education is that of a personalized learning experience for the teacher. One in...
Chris Woods
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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Ineffective PD: Are we all to blame?
I am going to risk here and take, what might be, an unpopular approach to this discussion. I think the obvious answer to why PL is so...
Chris Woods
Aug 24, 20203 min read
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"You were there, and you were there..."
The whirlwind is real, we all know it, we all experience it. Most days we experience a multitude of never-ending tasks that...
Chris Woods
May 18, 20203 min read
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How am I influenced?
When I was in college at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, there were several of the same large billboards located around the city. These...
Chris Woods
May 10, 20203 min read
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Leading with the Heart
The idea of appealing to a person's heart in order to create buy-in and promote a systemic change is not a new one. Marketers have used...
Chris Woods
May 3, 20203 min read
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The Growth Mindset Revisited
Over the past several weeks, I have taken the opportunity to look back and review the concept that helped launch me into this mission of...
Chris Woods
Apr 5, 20205 min read
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Understanding by Design
I can remember my first year as a teacher all too well. I began my career at a small charter school, teaching math, social studies, and a...
Chris Woods
Mar 31, 20201 min read
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Aligning Outcomes, Assessment and Activities
When I tell my 4-year old son, "It's time to go, head to the car," his guaranteed, immediate response is, "Where are we going?" That is...
Chris Woods
Mar 22, 20201 min read
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"Do you hear the people sing?"
Many people talk of revolution but do they really want to pay the cost that revolutions demand? I believe that every single person that...
Chris Woods
Mar 12, 20203 min read
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Creating Significant Learning Environments
Learning takes place all around us, every day, all the time. Humans are constantly absorbing information and immediately implementing...
Chris Woods
Mar 11, 20206 min read
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Want to play a game?
The institution of education is a system - a well-oiled thoroughly crafted machine with lots of dynamic and, sometimes, interchangeable...
Chris Woods
Mar 5, 20202 min read
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LEGO Set #5303: The ePortfolio (Instruction Manual not included)
When I was younger, I would pay special attention to the commercials of my favorite Nickelodeon cartoons. I would wait and wait to catch...
Chris Woods
Feb 19, 20204 min read
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