I talk about this a lot on Twitter and during my daily teachings with students. You know your PLN cares about you if they don’t go sheepishly along with everything you say and never challenge your beliefs or ideals. In addition, they shouldn’t be your beliefs and ideals if you won’t make an attempt to [...]

There is a general misconception in education that suggests giving students more work means “harder” or “more rigorous” work. The two are not synonymous in the least. There is an astute difference between having students think critically about topics and strongly consider multiple solutions as opposed to having them perform the same functions longer on [...]