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Tia Henriksen
It's All About Learning
Learner ~ Leader ~ Educator ~ Mother
Passionate about learning and sparking the learning in others. I believe in modelling my own learning. I feel strongly about developing relationships with students, parents, teachers, and my colleagues (near and far). It is through developing these relationships that the most profound learning can occur.
It’s All About Learning
Tag Archives: leading
Not Only About Passion-Based Learning
In part, he World English Dictionary defines passion as “A strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc: a passion for poetry.” We’ve been hearing a great deal about “Passion-Based Learning”. People are realizing the importance of giving our students the opportunity to learn about things that are of interest … Continue reading
Posted in Leading the Learning, Learning, Personalized Learning
Tagged choice, enthusiasm, geniius, heart, leading, love, motivation, passion, personal, personalized learning, teaching
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Battle of Technology and Pedagogy
First of all, I have a bit of a confession. When I started on Twitter again almost 2 years ago, I didn’t deeply understand when I read, “It’s not about the technology.” Yes, I understood it on a surface level, … Continue reading
If I Can, So Can You
OK, here it goes . . . I’ve got a bit of a confession to make. I’ve been connected (online, with twitter, blogging, reading blogs, etc…) for almost a year and a half, but I still feel like a … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Connections / Relationships, Leading the Learning, Learning, Reflection, Technology
Tagged appletv, assistance, help, leading, leading the learning, learning, support, technology
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School is Home
While I have always known it, from personal experience, this year made me realize once again just how important school is for our students. School is a safe place for many students. The ONLY safe place. Our students know what … Continue reading
Posted in Connections / Relationships, Family, Instructional Leadership, Lessons Learned, Poverty, Reflection
Tagged care, connections, home, leaders, leading, love, opportunities, place, Poverty, resiliency, resilient, safe, school, teachers, teaching
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Most Important Thing I’ve Done This Year
As another school year has come to an end, it is a time to reflect on the year, what worked, what didn’t and what you would like to focus on for the following year. For me, was quite a year that … Continue reading
Posted in Leading the Learning, Lessons Learned, Professional Development, Reflection
Tagged important, influence, inspire, inspiring, leading, learning, reflection
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To Lead is to Live Dangerously
About 1 week ago, I began reading, Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading, by Heifetz and Linsky. It was a recommendation that I think will be very beneficial and will help me as I continue … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development, Reflection
Tagged discouraged, education, hopeless, leadership, leading, leading on the line, linsky, sad, skeptical
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10 Reasons Why I Blog 9/10
10 Reasons Why I Blog 1. I blog as a way to making meaning. Blogging helps me think about and process information. I find it therapeutic to take in, reflect on, and then express my feelings and thoughts through my … Continue reading
Posted in Leading the Learning, Reflection
Tagged blog, blogging, challenge, change, connect, lead, leading, learn, make a difference, meaning, model, personal, reasons why, reflecting, relationships, share
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Transformation with @gcouros
This past Tuesday, March 6, the administrators in our district had our second “Digital Discovery” session. During each session, we learn about different 21st Century Learning tools/strategies or ideas. This session was all about Social Media. There were over 180 … Continue reading
David Warlick Preview
David Warlick (@dwarlick), author of blog 2 Cents Worth, is visiting our district tomorrow for the second time this year. In October, he talked to us during one of our Engaging the Digital Learner evening sessions. His session was entitled, … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Professional Development, Reflection, Technology
Tagged 21st century, blog, david warlick, digital learner, engaging, leaders, leading, learners, learning, scratch, tips, Warlick
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7 Month’s of Learning Wordle
Wordle is a very interesting and fun Web 2.0 tool to use. It is great for brainstorming, demonstrating learning, and even for projects about a topic. I have used it as a reflection tool as well. A short time after … Continue reading
Posted in Reflection, Technology
Tagged 21st century, interesting, leading, learning, reflection, students, Twitter, web 2.0, web2.0, Wordle
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