What Do We Do with Screen Time? If you lead an elementary school, you have likely heard the concerns: Screens harm children’s eyes. Screens rewire young brains. Young children need books and blocks, not tablets. The media shares research and warnings; parents raise these worries at back-to-school night and parent meetings; teachers raise them in […]
The original post has been removed. It explored ways that both teachers and students can use AI. However, after learning of some (not all) AI apps that represent themselves as so real that young people are considering them to be friends, and that a student committed suicide allegedly in order to be united with what […]
The pandemic started a domino effect of issues that are still affecting schools today. Principals must attend to so much, and there are so many urgent items nagging at them, that it is sometimes hard to focus on instructional leadership. As principals face the challenge of moving their schools forward, they must shift to empowering […]
Learning in schools is “teacher-dependent” with the core element being the “lesson.” In March of 2020, when students and teachers shifted to remote instruction, the “teacher-dependent” approach failed us. Schools are talking about learning losses; students weren’t logging in to join lessons; primary teachers were trying to help students stay focused; teachers, students, and parents […]
Nancy’s NEW internet TV talk show, Learning Unwrapped, launched on December 10, 2020. Broadcasting live on Thursdays at 5:00 PM ET, Nancy focuses each week on one aspect of life’s most important skill: LEARNING. Learning Unwrapped broadcasts through Public Open Dialogue TV and is live-streamed on YouTube. For the first episode of Learning Unwrapped, the topic was “Engagement.” Shané Beauford, […]