The things that matter don’t always feel significant when they start. Remember that the small actions of today become the great stories that are told in 30 years. Knowing that makes the toughest days a little bit better. #LeadFromWhoYouAre #1minwalk2work

How Quiet People Make A Big Impact

Steve Jobs on how to perfect product design (genius playbook).

Microsoft Reading Coach: How To Teach With The AI Reading Tutor trib.al/WVpXDCn

"A lot of life is what happens to you, but most of it is what we choose for ourselves. Make the best choices possible." Life is hard already...Try not making it harder. buff.ly/3VGBBBp

"You don’t always have to change the goal, but you often need to change the strategy. When we do that, we are not giving up but finding a better way. That is what resiliency is about." When Facing a Brick Wall, Try Going Around buff.ly/4cceyp9

"What is "old" is not always bad, and what is "new" is not always good. Our focus should not be on what is "new" and "old" as much as it should be on what works for "learning." 3 Quotes to Consider on How We Use Technology buff.ly/45IsMvL

15 Google Forms templates you can use in class TOMORROW! 📊Interest Survey 🔐Digital Escape Room 🧠Brain Dump ✅Self correcting quiz 🤔Lesson reflection and MORE! i.mtr.cool/eozpxddkeb #Ditchbook

You can’t make anyone else change; all you can do is create the conditions where change is more likely to happen. I remember speaking with an administrator and hearing him complain that his staff wasn’t moving forward. Instead of commiserating with him at that moment, I said, “Maybe it’s you?” It caught him off guard, but there was a point. Too often, myself included, when we try to lead people to new ideas, and they don’t immediately embrace them, we blame them instead of looking at where we may be deficient. Sometimes, the new “approach” is sharing the ideas over again, only louder. That approach rarely works. In this week’s newsletter, I shared 3 things that have helped me rethink how to help create better conditions for others to embrace change. 1. Truly listen to their thoughts and viewpoints, and be open to the idea that your way might not be the best. 2. Recognize that you also had resistance to new ideas, including things that you might consistently do and believe today. Be open with your own story of resistance and what made you change. 3. Start by focusing on the areas in which others are excelling, as opposed to your perception of their deficits. People who feel valued are more likely to move forward. People who feel you are trying to “fix” them will fight you non-stop. You can only control your own actions. What do others see in you that will make them want to move forward, by your side? People are more likely to take steps forward on a path if they see footprints from others already on the ground. Read the entire newsletter here: tiny.cc/GCMarch9

We don’t get to choose what they remember…but the more opportunities we give our chance to be remembered the way we want to be remembered the better chance we have to be remembered the way we rant to be remembered. #GiveYourselfAChance #LeadFromWhereYouAre

Powerful! 🌧

How should students give credit to AI? A slide from a recent presentation on AI, cheating, and academic integrity. This doesn't speak to formatting of citations, but rather TRANSPARENCY. Talking about and modeling transparency is a big part of getting AI right. #aiforedu

This is a PSA for all those "doing MTSS" or that are "MTSSing"

Are we EMBEDDING SUPPORT into the system or REACTING to what’s happening in the moment? If we wait to support people until they are at their breaking point they can never truly be their best. #LeadFromWhereYouAre #HackingLeadership #GiveYourselfAChance #CraftingTheCulture

When we’re left to wonder we start to wonder if it’s worth it. It is…but it’s easier when we help each other see it every day. #GiveYourselfAChance

~ via @AllistairMcCaw

On Monday, the education department released its blueprint for the nation's ed-tech priorities and UDL is mentioned on 74 pages of the 113 page report!

So true. 🍿

“You’re not born mentally tough, you choose to be.”