Our Quest to leave no genius behind is coming to fruition! We have had an extraordinary flow of good news this week and will be announced many terrific partnerships and ventures in the next few weeks. On Friday, May 17, Choose2Matter was featured on a segment of “Tech Game Changers” on HuffPost Live. CLICK HERE for… Continue Reading
Category Archives: YOU MATTER
Gimme Mo’ Leaders Like This!
Gimme Mo Team (with Twitter handles) Monique Coleman Cynthia Hass Brooke Sassman Opal Vadhan At the Student Voice Summit in NYC on April 13, I had the pleasure of speaking with the Gimme Mo’ team, a community that encourages young people to talk about issues they face. Youth of today are blessed to count… Continue Reading
Learn How to Help YOUR Students Change OUR World
On Saturday May 11 on Classroom 2.0, we discussed the Quest2Matter. Click here to access the archive of the recorded session or that chat archive. Today’s young people form the most compassionate generation this world has known. They have a way of looking at the world that gives me hope and excitement. It is a way… Continue Reading
The Science Behind “You Matter”
Mimi and Eunice, CC-BY-SA Nina Paley Near the beginning of my “You Matter” presentation, I say, “This is not an ego thing – it’s a DNA thing. Human beings were created for significance, and the most dangerous feeling they can have is the feeling that they don’t matter.” What did I mean? Simply that the need to… Continue Reading
Teachers Matter
At a time when what it means to be a teacher is being defined by everyone except teachers, we need to remind ourselves of these two undeniable words: Teachers matter. After the tragedy in Newtown, CT, I published what became my most-read blog post ever; it generated so much traffic that my blog server crashed… Continue Reading
Angela Maiers and Peter Reynolds Discuss Quest2Matter and Dot Day
EDIT: Peter was deeply impacted by the tragedy in Boston yesterday; his business is there, and his twin brother Paul was close to the explosion and shaken up. See the bottom of the post for the brilliant poster that Peter created in response to the tragedy, and share it with your students and loved… Continue Reading
“Your goal isn’t to seek success; your goal is to seek significance.”
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Anthony Salcito, Vice President – Worldwide Education at Microsoft, for his Daily Edventures. Click here for the full interview and Anthony’s post about it, or watch the video, below…. Continue Reading
You Have to Show Kids That They Matter
I recently spoke with Nicholas Provenzano and Timothy Gwynn on #Nerdycast and Hooked! on BAM Radio Network. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. Nicholas and Timothy are passionate teachers so I loved speaking with them about the importance of letting students know their contribution is valued. “If we do not secure their hearts, we do not have a shot at their… Continue Reading
Even Oscar Winners Want to Matter
We continue to develop the infrastructure for Choose2Matter, busily preparing a re-launch this spring. This week, we’ll launch a fund-raising campaign to support the Quest to Matter, a five-week program that will launch on April 15, in which K-12 students from around the world will be encouraged to declare that they matter and then take… Continue Reading
Words Matter: Why a Top Agency Has No “Clients”
Regular readers of this blog know that, to me, words matter. I’ve long encouraged teachers to choose their words wisely, because the words we choose have a powerful effect on learning. Yesterday, I came across a stellar example of this principle in the workplace. 72andSunny is a communications company that was recently named AdAge Agency… Continue Reading
There Is No Lesson Plan For Tragedy – Teachers YOU Know What To Do
How did I address this tragedy in class? I hugged every last child in my classroom as he/she left for the weekend and told them that they matter, that I love them, and that they make this world better by being in it. They left smiling, believing, and feeling validated. #partofthesolution Jolie Barker- Passionate Educator… Continue Reading
