by Jim Knight | Apr 11, 2013 | Improving Instruction, Professional Learning, Student Learning |
This week I’m giving a post-dinner talk in Niagara Falls, Canada. I’m never too sure about how such a thing can be done, but as I prepared the presentation, I asked myself, what would I want after teaching all day, driving to a conference, and having a nice dinner? ...
by Jim Knight | Jan 17, 2013 | Improving Instruction, Teaching Strategies |
Jobs launched an innovation in the retail space precisely because he had a bigger vision than his competitors. His customers would enter an Apple store to shop for products and leave “feeling” inspired. –Carmine Gallo One of Steve Jobs’ innovation secrets,...
by Jim Knight | Dec 12, 2012 | Professional Learning |
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Steve Jobs You want more good jobs, spawn more Steve Jobs–New York Times’ columnist Thomas Friedman’s advice to President Obama In 2011, Carmine Gallo...
by Jim Knight | Feb 27, 2011 | Improving Instruction, School Reform |
There are people still in darkness And they just can’t see the light If you don’t say it’s wrong then that says it’s right None of us are free, one of us are chained. None of us are free. –Solomon Burke “Speak truth to power” is my good friend Jean...
by Jim Knight | Sep 9, 2010 | Student Learning |
Twyla Tharp, one of America’s greatest choreographers, begins her wonderful book, The Creative Habit, by describing how she feels when sitting alone in an empty dance studio just before she meets the dancers with whom she will create a new dance program. To some...
