Janelle SaffordThe Chicken or the Egg?The age old causality dilemma of “the chicken or the egg” is no doubt familiar to most anyone reading this post. We could all get lost...
Janelle SaffordTony Wagner's 7 Survival Skills: Questions to Ask!In this video speaker and author, Tony Wagner, makes a compelling case for how our education system must change if we are to create the...
Janelle SaffordDo we have time for “yet” in public education?This post revisits Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck’s book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. In the book she explains the...
Janelle Safford Learning Beyond SchoolIn his TED talk, What 60 Schools Can Tell Us About Teaching 21st Century Skills, Grant Lichtman explains that transforming learning in a...
Janelle SaffordEducation Hippies?...Maybe! Counterculture - a subculture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, often in...
Janelle SaffordA Sad DayEncouraging students to explore questions that arise naturally and orchestrating the learning environment so that students need to ask...
Janelle SaffordSelf-differentiated leadership & Crucial ConversationsFriedman’s theory of differentiated leadership (Friedman, 2007) really hit home with me because it addresses, what I now see is, one of...
Janelle SaffordThe Ferris Wheel of Public EducationLong before I read the book The Four Disciplines of Execution, I often referred to the ongoing, nonstop activities of a school year as a...
Janelle SaffordChanging Behavior: It's NOT Common SenseThe desired results I wish to achieve with my change initiative in to explain the main principles of blended learning and educate...
Janelle SaffordThe Heart Before The HeadAttempting to change the established actions, minds or attitudes of a group of people, in any capacity, will always be difficult, and can...
Janelle SaffordCommunication Is The Key To InnovationI think being an innovative educator is a matter of perspective. Creating change in any established institution requires a certain...
Janelle SaffordChange and UrgencyI love the message that the Power of Words video portrays. I think this is why advertising is so expensive. The art of tugging on...
Janelle SaffordWant to Innovate?In this time of connectivity, we will never be “on top of some mountain, all by yourself, with a #2 pencil, trying to figure out what to...
Janelle Safford"People who like this stuff...like this stuff"The post “People who like this stuff...like this stuff” really hit home for me. It describes exactly what is going on currently in my...
Janelle SaffordLooking To The Past To Solve The Problems Of The PresentThe short video, Progressive Education in the 1040’s initiated a wide range of thoughts about where education has been, where it is now...
Janelle SaffordThe Need For ChangeSir Ken Robinson states that “we need revolution not evolution” when considering the change necessary to promote personalized learning in...
Janelle SaffordDisruptive InnovationMerriam Webster dictionary defines innovation as “a new idea, method, or device” and disrupt means “to interrupt the normal course or...
Janelle SaffordThe Model TSir Ken Robinson states that “we need revolution not evolution” when considering the change necessary to promote personalized learning in...
Janelle SaffordThe Pine CurtainMerriam Webster dictionary defines innovation as “a new idea, method, or device” and disrupt means “to interrupt the normal course or...
Janelle Safford The COVA Learning ApproachHow might the COVA learning approach impact your learning in the Ed Tech/DLL program? I believe that embracing the COVA approach during...
