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Dayna Laur commented on Dwight Carter's blog post PBL in Action: From PE Video to Beautification Project"What a great authentic project, Dwight! I sent you a friend request as I would like to further a conversation around this project. ---- Dayna"
Bill Burkhead commented on Dwight Carter's blog post PBL in Action: From PE Video to Beautification Project"Dwight and Mrs. Kelley: this is a great example on the difference between good schools and great schools- getting everyone involved in School PRIDE! Love it-keep up the great work"
Dwight Carter posted a blog postPBL in Action: From PE Video to Beautification Project
Back in September, five of my teachers from different content areas attended a two-day Project Based Learning workshop hosted by the Buck Institute. Then in October, I asked them to share what they learned with a group of about 35 of their colleagues. We spent an entire day discussing their experiences and they walked us through the PBL process.…See More
Dwight Carter commented on Scot Graden's blog post Being the Messenger"Scot, you offer very clear, and specifice advice that everyone should keep in mind. I agree that delivering bad news is a part of leadership and applying your advice makes it better for the messenger and those receiving the message. Thanks for…"
Dwight Carter commented on Steve Bollar's blog post Decisions"Steve,
Excellent summary of the the five types of decisions. It's important for the leader to know which one to use and to share this information with the team. Thanks for sharing!
Be Great,Dwight"
Dwight Carter commented on Dwight Carter's blog post Are You an Outlier?"Debbie,
Thanks for commenting. You make some valid arguments about the need to develop the whole child. I appreciate your insight!"
Debbie Vaughan commented on Dwight Carter's blog post Are You an Outlier?"I completely agree that students are more than test scores. I have had students who have very high standardized test scores, yet fail my class. Conversely, students with low test scores have high grades. Our school has a fairly good report…"
Dwight Carter posted a blog postAre You an Outlier?
Last year I read Outliers: the Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell and had the opportunity to share this book with administrators from my district during our summer retreat. An outlier can be defined as an individual who not only have exceptional talent, but is provided and…See More
Dwight Carter commented on Betsy Spence's blog post PLN Badge and Wordpress"Besty,
I have a Wordpress question for you. My sidebar is falling off the page. I've tried a number of things to fix it, but not luck. Can you point me in the right direction, please? Thanks!
Be Great,
Dwight"
Dwight Carter commented on Betsy Spence's blog post PLN Badge and Wordpress"I just figured it out, but still struggling with it a little bit. Go to your dashboard and click on the "widget" tab. You can then click and drag the "text" widget to your sidebar. However, you'll have to copy the html of…"
Doug Parker commented on Dwight Carter's blog post "Apply directly to the Forehead!" My eTech Ohio Conference 2011 Reflections"Dwight,This PLN was created with a service called NING. NING is partnered with Pearson to provide its services to educators for free, though there are some restrictions i.e. membership limits of 150 and no Twitter integration. A district or…"
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PBL in Action: From PE Video to Beautification Project
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 3:45pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Back in September, five of my teachers from different content areas attended a two-day Project Based Learning workshop hosted by the Buck Institute. Then in October, I asked them to share what they learned with a group of about 35 of their colleagues. We spent an entire day discussing their experiences and they walked us through the PBL process. …
Are You an Outlier?
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 1:30pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Last year I read Outliers: the Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell and had the opportunity to share this book with administrators from my district during our summer retreat. An outlier can be defined as an individual who not only have exceptional talent, but is provided and…
Continue "Apply directly to the Forehead!" My eTech Ohio Conference 2011 Reflections
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:11pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
I had the opportunity to attend the eTech Ohio Conference (#oetch11) on Monday, January 31, 2011. It’s a three day event, but with budget and time constraints, I was only able to attend one day. I am excited to attend each year, hoping to take away at least one new idea I can share with my staff. This year, I heard two presentations that were inspiring, encouraging, and practical. However, I will only reflect one the first one in this post.
The keynote presenter was Peter…
My No Office Day Experience
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 1:52pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Sometime in December, 2010 I read a blog post by David Truss (@, principal of a school in Dalian, China titled, “No Office Day.” The title piqued my interest, but what really got my attention was something he wrote. “If a principal stays in the office all day, he/she might as well stay at home.” OUCH! Two things… Continue Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 11:29pm on February 13, 2011,
Angie Adrean said… Hi DC - have you logged onto the digital media wiki yet? AA
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