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5 Reasons We Still Need School Libraries

26 May 201413 Feb 2021 John Schinker

I’ve had several conversations recently about school libraries. As schools evolve to meet the needs of next generation students, the role of the library is increasingly unclear. If the model of textbooks and teachers as the source of all knowledge … Continue reading 5 Reasons We Still Need School Libraries

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5 Things Teachers Can Do to Save Their Profession

8 Apr 201413 Feb 2021 John Schinker

The teaching profession is under attack. The disgruntled parent is gossiping at the coffee house about some injustice done in the classroom. The taxpayer complains that the kids these days aren’t learning anything. Business leaders want to come in and … Continue reading 5 Things Teachers Can Do to Save Their Profession

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5 Things We Don’t Agree On

10 Mar 201413 Feb 2021 John Schinker

One of the frustrations with the current conversation in public education is that we’re not all talking about the same thing. We’re all experts in education, because we’ve all spent thousands of hours in school. But when it comes to … Continue reading 5 Things We Don’t Agree On

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5 Password Recommendations

1 Mar 20146 Mar 2021 John Schinker

We’ve been a little more proactive lately about suggesting that people change their passwords from time to time. Usually, passwords are the annoying step standing between us and our data. We use them so often, and they’re so familiar, that … Continue reading 5 Password Recommendations

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5 Things to Do Next

2 Feb 201413 Feb 2021 John Schinker

Now comes the hard part. Learning doesn’t mean anything unless we can put it into practice. Sure, we went to Educon. We were inspired. We saw some really neat models of how real teachers and real students are working in … Continue reading 5 Things to Do Next

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5 Resources to Investigate

1 Feb 20146 Mar 2021 John Schinker

It’s a week after Educon 2.6, and I’m still wading through my notes and thoughts from the experience. That’s pretty much what I expect from that conference now, and it’s one of the reasons I didn’t follow up the Educon … Continue reading 5 Resources to Investigate

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5 Questions from Educon

29 Jan 20146 Mar 2021 John Schinker

Education in this century is not so much about finding the right answers as in asking the right questions. As I reflect on the #educon experience this past weekend, I’m drawn to the volume of questions that show up in … Continue reading 5 Questions from Educon

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5 New People to Listen To

28 Jan 20146 Mar 2021 John Schinker

One of my goals for the year is to reboot my professional learning network, which has grown a little stale lately. Because there seemed to be a lot of new people at #educon this year, and because it’s a fantastic … Continue reading 5 New People to Listen To

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5 Quotes that Changed My Thinking

27 Jan 20146 Mar 2021 John Schinker

One of the new things I’m doing this year is posting lists in a series I’m creatively calling “5 Things”. You don’t really know that yet, because I haven’t actually gotten around to posting any lists, but trust me. They’re … Continue reading 5 Quotes that Changed My Thinking

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5 Changes for 2014

2 Jan 20146 Mar 2021 John Schinker

These are NOT resolutions. I don’t do resolutions. But I was cleaning out my head the other night, and started making some lists. One of them was a list of things I want to do differently in the new year. … Continue reading 5 Changes for 2014

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  1. John Schinker on Did I Really Write This?15 Dec 2022

    Here's what ChatGPT generated: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION? The role of technology in education is to…

  2. doowopcity on Ain’t That America?5 Jul 2022

    The last two paragraphs are the opposite of what's happening. In the last three decades, we STOPPED teaching students to…

  3. Ryan Collins (@mr_rcollins) on Unzoomed21 Feb 2022

    The world is moving to remote work, and if we are not preparing our students to be able to communicate,…

  4. Dr. Nina on What Do Grades Mean?29 Jan 2022

    Excellent article! This is so true and so very, very sad: "We have sacrificed fostering a love of learning for…

  5. cathyroderick on Freedom1 Sep 2021

    Perfectly said, as usual.

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