Confidence

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

OK, I hate to be a name-dropper BUT… I had a little e-mail exchange with Rick Stiggins the other day.  I wrote to ask him about what he says in his presentations with regard to the role of experiencing success in building successful, motivated students.  He is particularly eloquent on that topic.  He pointed me [...]

freerice.com

Friday, March 13th, 2009

I can’t remember who told me about freerice.com.  It’s just a vocabulary game, but they use their advertising to donate rice to people in developing countries, hence the name.
I like to read, write, speak, and listen.  Most of my days are spent in meetings; reading reports, books & articles; and writing reports and emails.  [...]

Kung Fu Panda

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

One of the great unexpected benefits of having children is finding out how many great animated movies there are.  One of my goals is to write about them all.  Well, not really, but many are worth writing about.
My latest favorite is Kung Fu Panda.   When I started writing this, I was planning on not giving [...]

Mindset

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

I was inspired by my good friend Jonathan Grubb to write about the books that have inspired me.  OK, I have a confession to make: I wrote this synopsis quite a while ago to use with the various groups with whom I work.  Is that cheating?  Whether it is or not, this is a [...]