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  • Don’t Tweet During My Keynote

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    Sue Dunlop

    Today was a first for me: a keynote speaker from Apple asked that no one in the audience transmit or record any parts of his keynote. That is, no blogging or tweeting. I was taken aback. What?! I wonder what could be the purpose of this request. Is it a copyright issue? Is he worried…

  • You Can’t Avoid Resistance

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    Sue Dunlop

    “If you don’t like resistance, don’t go into leadership.” What a show stopper!  Today, Andy Hargreaves presented at a conference for Ontario senior leaders where he finished up with this quote. There was an immediate buzz of laughter and agreement in the room. I have never heard it put just like that, but it’s so true. Hargreaves’…

  • Champion, Promote, Defend, Support

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    Sue Dunlop

    Everyone deserves a champion. We find it easy to support and defend the people we love.  When it comes to our work, it’s also effortless to champion those who think the same way we do. Surrounding ourselves with like minded people is very comfy. When I first started using Twitter for professional networking and learning…

  • Do Less

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    Sue Dunlop

    What about if we all did less? Before you get panicky about your email inbox or the myriad other operational tasks you have to do, stay with me. What I’m talking about is slowing down. I often think about our pace of life and how crazy it seems to be. We live in a culture…

  • Goodbye! Goodbye!

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    Sue Dunlop

    What should we wave goodbye to in education, for once and for all? There are obvious answers: word search puzzles, homework projects, some would say cursive writing, focus on standardized high stakes testing. It’s a big list. I wish that we could change the subject and department silos in secondary school. Yes, that’s right. I…

  • Moments of Humanity

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    Sue Dunlop

    I heard Veronica Lacey speak when I was a new teacher. At the time, she was Director of Education in North York and went on to become a very influential voice in Canadian education. That conference was a long time ago, but I remember her words so well:   “It’s always about relationships.” I was not…