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You don’t have to reserve phone calls to parents or guardians for bad news. Try these tips to deepen communication with families. 
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"For most educators, back-to-school decorations still include the proverbial apple, school bus, writing strips, and black and white composition notebooks... Looking back, we wanted to round up some of our favorite resources that highlight the pencil as a metaphor for leadership, work, and fun." Via Beth Dichter
Beth Dichter's curator insight,
August 28, 2014 10:41 PM
Perhaps you remember a few years back when the pencil became a viral hit on Twitter. Think back to the year 2011 and recall how tablets were becoming "the next best thing" in education. How was this technology going to be integrated into the school day? This post provides a number of resources that moves the pencil beyond that viral chat. You will find an image of the pencil with each component representing various groups of people often found in schools. The video, iPencil, takes a look at what actually goes into making a pencil, and will teach students about how one product impacts much of the world. And last, but not least,, is the Ode to #PencilChat, a short video that looks at technology integration in the classroom. Why look at the pencil? Here are the last two lines of this post. "Whether metaphor, symbol, or tool, the pencil is flexible, durable and timeless. We wish everyone a great school year." 
Melissa Marshall's curator insight,
September 9, 2014 9:23 PM
The Pencil as a metaphor for educators and technology. I have yet to have a student ask, 'I won't do this because no-one's given me any PD.' |
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When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. "Go out, talk to people, listen to people," she says. "And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed."
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