Tag Archives: creativity

Play mimics life; does school?

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Amy's Reflections

I recently spent an afternoon with my 3 year old nephew. For over 20 minutes we played a scenario that he created. We were driving two mini monster trucks around the living room where he directed an entire storyline. Our … Continue reading →

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Building Resiliency: March

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Amy's Reflections

In January I began a deep dive in Elena Aguilar’s Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators and the accompanying workbook. I hope to share some of my reflections as I build daily habits to strength my own resilience and support … Continue reading →

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What are your core values?

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Amy's Reflections

Last weekend I was attending my monthly ACSA Superintendent’s Academy class and one of our class speakers was Holly McClurg, the Superintendent of Del Mar Union School District. She took us through a core values activity. In fact, she took … Continue reading →

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Learning Leadership from Big Brother

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Amy's Reflections

I don’t know about you, but every summer I find myself glued to my television three nights a week as each new episode of the reality show Big Brother airs. I have watched all 20 (!) seasons of the show … Continue reading →

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Revisiting My Core Values

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Amy's Reflections

A year ago I explored my core values with an activity by author Elena Aguilar. I wrote about the experience here. My three core values, based on that activity were: Equity Making a difference Trust This weekend I participated in … Continue reading →

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New AND Different #IMMOOC

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Amy's Reflections

I am participating in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with hundreds of other educators across the globe, about The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros. The blog prompts for Week 2 are: In Ch. 1, innovation is defined as a … Continue reading →

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Breaking Out of the Boxes

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Amy's Reflections

I recently successful broke out of two Digital Breakout EDU games by myself! Having succeeded in my mission, I reflected on why this matters. These digital challenges were created by a colleague of mine who is very creative and is … Continue reading →

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[Mentor Text Monday] Snapchat

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Amy's Reflections

All the cool kids love Snapchat. But what does this have to do with mentor texts and writing? Well, some of the coolest features on Snapchat are the daily filters. Each day there are a new set of filters you can use on … Continue reading →

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My Beautiful Question

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Amy's Reflections

As I wrote about earlier this week, we are now in the middle of Question Week. One of the resources for individuals to consider is this article by Warren Berger, about forgetting a new years resolution and writing a beautiful … Continue reading →

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Question Week

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Amy's Reflections

Mark 13-19 is Question Week, according to Warren Berger. I appreciate that the site’s goal is to elevate the art of questioning, because “asking good questions helps us identify the right problem and generate creative solutions”. There are some … Continue reading →

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