Posted on January 13, 2012 by kschaefer
Image: Apple\’s Eyes Studio / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Over the last few weeks, more students are looking for audiences for their writing and stop animation movies. Mostly the avenue chosen is to send out email messages individually to students and teachers or to a conference where all students can read the request. I think this is a [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2011 by kschaefer
At our October Faculty Meeting I gave a presentation entitled “Motivating the Elephant” based on the book Switch by the Heath Brothers. See this post for that presentation. At our next faculty meeting, my presentation will be on Directing the Rider which is the second strategy for preparing an organization for a switch. The feedback [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2011 by kschaefer
http://www.amazon.com/Switch-Change-Things-When-Hard/dp/0385528752 Durham Academy has considered issuing a digital device to students for many years. Each time, the decision was made to not move forward. At this point, Durham Academy is again investigating that a device for our students but now it is seen as more important to not only the mission of the school but [...]
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