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On Change, Pivots, Frantic Thoughts, Reflecting + Recharging

I’ve been quiet on this blog since the corona virus was declared a pandemic, but I haven’t been resting. Like many, the most active, crowded place I’ve been is in my head, and there’s been so much going on there, that it’s been challenging to sort through thoughts, hopping from one urgency to the next.…

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Feedback on a Day-Long Workshop

I recently received this generous comment from English Language Arts teacher Gretchen Miller after she took my day-long course called “Explore and Integrate Transformative Elements of Global Citizenship into Curriculum and Mindsets”: “After 12 years of teaching on three continents I feel, deeply, the vital responsibility to instill global and cultural competence in my students. During…

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Use Twitter to Create a #Global Classroom!

Don’t let @justinbieber ruin it for you. With 59.8 million Twitter followers as of this writing, the hype around J-Biebs is exactly what drives thoughtful people to run in the opposite direction of a powerful tool for learning and connecting. While some teachers have told me, “I’d never waste my time on Twitter” others I’ve…

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