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Jan 19, 2025 | 
edweek.org | Michael Nelson |Peter DeWitt
A new year. 2025. The beginning of each calendar year usually signals the start of the hiring process for vacancies in school and district leadership positions. Excitement abounds as applicants seek new leadership opportunities and districts anticipate the possibilities that new leaders bring. Prospective leaders are filled with what they hope will be innovative ideas that catch the attention of an interested district.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
medium.com | Michael Nelson
Michael Nelson·Follow2 min read·--Looking to score some Form Network airdrops? You’re in the right place. Form Network is a hot topic in the blockchain space right now, and for good reason. Airdrops are a fantastic way to get your hands on free tokens and be part of emerging projects. In this guide, I’ll show you how to find these airdrops and make sure you don’t miss out on any exciting opportunities.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Peter DeWitt |Michael Nelson
Many years ago, I (Peter) wrote this blog explaining why so many educators were joining Twitter, now X. In the blog post from 2011, I wrote,Many educators are intrinsically motivated to find their own professional development. They read websites and blogs and are members of organizations that send them journals. They read more educational material than they read books for fun.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Peter DeWitt |Michael Nelson
Data and evidence. Those are two words that leaders and teachers often hear and are certainly not new to the educational vernacular. Recently, we posted a short video on our Instructional Leadership Collective Instagram page focusing on using data as a flashlight and not as a hammer, which you can find here. One of the comments we received was: “Data does not drive anything. Influence, inform? Humans make decisions not data.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
usni.org | Michael Nelson
War has suddenly broken out between the U.S. and a powerful adversary. At a major Navy base, much-needed warships that were undergoing maintenance and resupply are now hurriedly preparing to sail into the fight. But the ships are in grave danger. Swarms of the adversary’s aerial drones are racing toward the base from multiple directions.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
medium.com | Michael Nelson
Michael Nelson·Follow2 min read·--Introduction: Excited to grab your f(x) Protocol Airdrop with DappRadar? If so, you’ve come to the right place. With the increasing popularity of airdrops in the cryptocurrency world, understanding how to claim f(x) Protocol airdrops through DappRadar is essential. In this guide, we’ll explore the details of claiming f(x) Protocol airdrops via DappRadar and discuss the benefits.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
medium.com | Michael Nelson
Michael Nelson·Follow2 min read·--Looking to score some Ancient8 airdrops? You’re in the right place. Ancient8 is a hot topic in the cryptocurrency space right now, and for good reason. Airdrops are a great way to acquire free tokens and be part of new projects. In this guide, I’ll explain how to find these airdrops and make sure you don’t miss out on any exciting opportunities. From understanding what Ancient8 is to the specific steps needed to secure your airdrops, I’ve got you covered.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Peter DeWitt |Michael Nelson
It was an unusual way to begin our leadership-team retreat. District leaders and principals were quickly divided into groups of five when they walked into the room. They were asked to select a team leader, pick out a large gift-wrapped box, and find a fairly large work spot in our high school library. Each work location had various tools, but no two work stations had the same ones. The teams were told they could not talk to each other from this point forward, even though they were in the same room.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Peter DeWitt |Michael Nelson
With the second, and likely the last, presidential debate of the 2024 election behind us, there is no shortage of emotional opinions and viewpoints on social media. Those opinions and viewpoints focus on who actually won the debate, which candidate answered more of the actual questions asked by the moderators, and, of course, memes about dogs and cats. It’s interesting that we can all watch the same presidential debate in real time and come away with such different views.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Peter DeWitt |Michael Nelson
In an Education Week Opinion Blog last year, Raj Tawney wrote a powerful story about a teacher that changed his life after many years of feeling like an outsider looking in. Tawney said, “In 10th grade, however, my English teacher, L. John Friia, saw me for the first time. He was cool and easy to talk to. I felt comfortable opening up to him and expressing my hobbies and interests.”What we know is that every student deserves to be seen and heard, but it doesn’t happen as often as we think.
