by Gerald Aungst | Jul 14, 2016 | Collaboration, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
If you’ve spent any time around education in the last decade, you have probably heard about 21st Century Skills. Although the Framework developed by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning has multiple facets, most often mentioned are the learning skills...
by Gerald Aungst | Feb 26, 2012 | Collaboration, Math
You know it’s not your typical inservice day when you find the Assistant Superintendent playing Monopoly with a group of third and fourth grade teachers. That is exactly what you would have seen last Friday, however, as some of our elementary teachers learned how...
by Gerald Aungst | Jan 31, 2011 | Collaboration, Leadership, Networking
Yesterday, I wrote about two of my big picture takeaways from the first day of Educon. Day 2 indeed continued that pattern. I still heard references to student voice and student passions in every session. And my assumptions continued to be challenged,...
by Gerald Aungst | Jan 30, 2011 | Collaboration, Leadership, Learning
I’m partway through my second Educon, and as I found the first time around, my brain is having trouble keeping up with the intensity of learning that is going on. I continue to be amazed at the number of educators willing to spend an entire weekend, almost...
by Gerald Aungst | Jan 12, 2011 | Collaboration, Leadership
[This article is cross-posted at The Teachers Lounge blog. Thanks to Brandi Jordan for the invitation to guest blog there.] Last week, my family and I went to see a stage adaptation of The Little Prince. A scene in it reminds me of the always-complex,...
by Gerald Aungst | Sep 13, 2009 | Collaboration, Leadership
Image by jiazi via Flickr I am soon going to need a new car. The one in this picture would be just about perfect. Care to donate to my replacement fund? Yeah, didn’t really expect so. So why is it that you’re not willing to help me get the transportation...
