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We should feel stress at work. (Hear me out.)

Psychologically safe working environments should include stress (meaning pressure to perform and grow). They shouldn’t be overly[…]

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Are your employees afraid of being wrong? 🙅‍♀️

One of my earliest supervisors berated us when things went wrong. I found myself constantly watching my[…]

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AI is the biggest EdTech disruption since the chalkboard. 🦾🎓

Yet 60% of teachers still don’t use it. 🤔Spoiler alert: it’s not their fault. Plenty of past[…]

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Teach what’s NEEDED, not what’s NEXT (3/3)

But… what if you can’t use AI? 😰 My last few posts used AI assists to illuminate[…]

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Teach what’s NEEDED, not what’s NEXT (2/3)

You’ll learn best if the learning is targeted to your personal needs. 😎 (This isn’t about learning[…]

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Teach what’s NEEDED, not what’s NEXT. (1/3)

But… how do you know what’s needed? 🧐 I had high school classes where the teacher said[…]

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Uh oh. Do you actually know what your learners don’t know? 🤔

Teaching is way more than telling. A great teacher unearths their learners’ misconceptions and misunderstandings, and then[…]