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  • Top Three Posts of 2016

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    Sue Dunlop

    This is always interesting to me as I see what appeals to people.  Here are my top three posts of 2016, in case you missed them. How Do You Want Families to Feel on the First Day of School? Riding Around Town One Thing Everyone Needs   Thank you for taking the time to visit…

  • Andrew Kelly – #HWDSBaccelerate

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    Sue Dunlop

    I first met Andrew Kelly as a classroom teacher. His curiosity, questioning and deep thinking stood out then and are even more evident now. Andrew embraces learning and always welcomes others’ viewpoints as he seeks to understand. Andrew’s blog Stop Start Continue showcases his thinking and provides entry points for any educator and parent. He talks below…

  • My Top 3 Posts for 2015

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    Sue Dunlop

    I thought you might like to know which posts gained the most readers this past year.  I found this interesting, because I don’t necessarily think these are my best posts. While there are many articles out there about how to generate more traffic to your blog and about “click bait”, I’m not one to focus on that.…

  • 3 Things my Blog Titles Need to be Better

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    Sue Dunlop

    I just spent some time analyzing a handful of titles from previous posts using Co-schedule Headline Analyzer. Here are my results: I Can’t Eat the Frog => B+ or 39 It’s Summer, Take Some Time Off => C- or 50 Up the Ladder and Down the Snakes => B+ or 68 Living in the Tension…

  • #makeschooldifferent – Five Things

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    Sue Dunlop

    With thanks to Scott McLeod, who started this whole thing, Donna Fry, who picked it up in Ontario, and Aviva Dunsiger who tagged me in her post. 1.  We have to stop pretending…that learning is natural and easy. Maybe when we were babies and toddlers, learning came easy. But it’s hard and it takes time.…

  • What Should Professional Learning Look Like?

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    Sue Dunlop

    Jared Bennett precipitated a great discussion at Edcamp Hamilton about professional learning with this tagline: “Sit and Git, Spray and Pray, There’s Gotta Be a Better Way.” He wondered aloud if it was possible to think about professional learning differently than the prescribed professional activity days or the once a month mandatory staff meetings. What…