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		<title>Social Media in Education: Who is it REALLY About?</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/11/12/social-media-in-education-who-is-it-really-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Number of followers. Klout scores. Lists of &#8220;top&#8221; people to follow. Twitter grades. Likes. Branding. Edublog Awards. Bammy Awards. Blog hits. Social media is filled with passionate educators that are trying to learn and grow together in a way that benefits their districts, schools, classrooms and students. My worry is that I am seeing some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating the Conditions: Instructional Leadership #Leadership20</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/11/08/creating-the-conditions-instructional-leadership-leadership20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 3rd part in the &#8220;Creating the Conditions&#8221; series; Part 1 was on Student Discipline, Part 2 was on Love of Reading. I recently had the honour to present in the Leadership 2.0 MOOC series (in which I am learning alongside others) on &#8220;Providing Instructional Leadership&#8221; (To view the archive of the presentation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating the Conditions: A Love of Reading</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/10/10/creating-the-conditions-a-love-of-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part of a series on motivation called &#8220;Creating the Conditions&#8221;. For part one on student discipline, click here. No charts. No stickers. No pizza parties. No awards. No certificates&#8230;. and LOTS of reading! Following the post by Joe Bower, &#8220;Daddy, I Want a Book Buck!&#8220;, Joe and William Chamberlain encouraged me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership 2.0 &#8211; A Collaborative Learning Opportunity for School Leaders #leadership20</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/09/25/leadership-2-0-a-collaborative-learning-opportunity-for-school-leaders-leadership20/</link>
		<comments>http://chriswejr.com/2012/09/25/leadership-2-0-a-collaborative-learning-opportunity-for-school-leaders-leadership20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It’s not what I know, it’s what we know. And my reality is that I would suddenly become much dumber if you told me I had to disconnect when seeking answers or solving problems.&#8221; &#8212; Will Richardson No words can express how much I have learned from those that I have connected with both online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goal One: To Read More Children&#8217;s Books</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/09/11/one-goal-to-read-more-childrens-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past year, the staff of Kent School have had some inspiring conversations and professional learning opportunities (stemmed from professional autonomy and inquiry) around helping students to develop a love of reading based on Steven Layne&#8217;s book &#8220;Igniting a Passion For Reading&#8221;.  The book is jam-packed with strategies that are easy to implement as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Followers to Friendships</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/08/24/from-followers-to-friendships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us have written about how our PLN (personal learning network) has helped us get through challenging times.  I wanted to share some experiences of how people I have met through social media have impacted me in my day to day life and even moved from followers to friends.  I am not a fan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking the Traditional Conference Model</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/03/28/rethinking-the-traditiona-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://chriswejr.com/2012/03/28/rethinking-the-traditiona-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently spent 3 days in Seattle at the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) annual conference.  The 3 days were jam-packed with keynotes and plenary sessions by some well known thinkers and speakers like Diane Ravitch, Douglas Reeves, Rick and Rebecca Dufour, Rick Stiggins, Yong Zhao, Andy Hargeaves, Rafe Esquith, and Eric Jensen. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Autonomy in Teacher Training?</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/02/17/autonomy-in-teacher-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been some recent conversations about technology and teacher training in my reader lately.  I have a ton of admiration for the education programs in BC but I, too, have been a bit critical of universities and colleges for not offering more education technology courses for their future graduates but I also wonder what [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Social Media is Changing Education</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2011/12/05/how-social-media-is-changing-education/</link>
		<comments>http://chriswejr.com/2011/12/05/how-social-media-is-changing-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title of this post is a bit misleading.  It is not social media that is changing education, it is the people involved in education who are collaborating by sharing great ideas and challenging others to continue to grow as learners. Before social media, there were pockets of brilliance in every school, district, and education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessment Chat with @TomSchimmer &#8211; Thurs, Nov 17</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2011/11/15/assessment-chat-with-tomschimmer-thurs-nov-17/</link>
		<comments>http://chriswejr.com/2011/11/15/assessment-chat-with-tomschimmer-thurs-nov-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is no secret that an area of education in which I am passionate is assessment &#8211; in particular Assessment For Learning or Formative Assessment.  The work of Dylan Williams, Ruth Sutton, Rick Stiggins, John Hattie, Ken O&#8217;Connor and Anne Davies have had a significant impact on my thoughts around assessment but since last year, [...]]]></description>
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