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Re: Design Your Year

jethrojones — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 09:42:18 -0000

Zac, what a great problem! I'd say that the fitness goal is a habit goal more than an accomplishment goal. Even if the accomplishment is running a 10K or losing 15 pounds, the achievement isn't in the actual 10K, but rather in the daily activity that helps that be accomplished. For example, You can't lose 50 pounds in a quarter, but you can lose 1 pound a week. The achievement happens in Q4, but the activity (or habit) happens in all four quarters.

Re: Why I’ve Brought Comments Back

jethrojones — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:11:24 -0000

Sounds like a good idea for a blog post, Michael!

Re: Teachers Bullying Teachers

jethrojones — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 03:46:14 -0000

Jenn,

Thanks for your thoughts also! I totally agree that viewing most things through a lens of empowerment is the better way to go.

My question to the larger Education system is: How do we get rid of this bullying behavior? It is so harmful. "Solidified my position as a preferred employee" still sounds like how someone who is bullied talks, right? It is not about you being a preferred employee, it is about you being *your* best self. If any teacher feels like she can't be her best self because she will be perceived as the principal's pet, we have a real problem, don't we?

Anyway, I appreciate your willingness to put yourself out there and post your thoughts initially. Talking about it, and making people aware that it happens is an important step in this complex process. Thank you.

Re: ✔ WWDC'14 - iOS8, Mac OSX Yosemite and our Nozbe 2.0 development = my crazy ideas :-)

jethrojones — Fri, 29 May 2015 10:46:24 -0000

Hi. I'm using Nozbe on recommendation from Mike St. Pierre. Do you have a help document on getting Siri to work with Nozbe? I'm really enjoying the app and would love for that to be there.

Re: The Making of Alto’s Adventure

jethrojones — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:50:26 -0000

I love this game. Finally reached level 51! I love reading about the backstory because it is Amazing to hear how you made such a beautiful game.

Re: Evermark | Writings by Miguel Regedor

jethrojones — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:18:01 -0000

Thank you. I will try that!

Re: Private Vs. Public via @ddraper

jethrojones — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:16:50 -0000

That's exactly right, Jared. Can't we have that same hopes and desires for our colleagues? Absolutely. That is really what I was trying to say, you just said it so much better than me.

Re: ✓ On Professional Development and Conferences

jethrojones — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:13:33 -0000

I like your ideas Kelly. My fear is that district leaders and principals would be hesitant to send teachers to such an unstructured event. We want to know that our money is being spent well. Educon is the only conference that I have heard of that seems to fit the bill.

Re: Evermark | Writings by Miguel Regedor

jethrojones — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:43:22 -0000

I'm confused. I did as you instructed, downloaded it, and copied it to my applications folder. How do I see my Evernote notes in Markdown? I tried opening the Evernote app, the Evernote web site, and Evermark. I am not seeing the Markdown Preview, just the markdown text.

Re: Find Somebody Who

jethrojones — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 03:31:22 -0000

This is a great game for adults, too. ;)

Re: Podcast Episode 71 - It’s a Matter of Trust with Stephen M.R. Covey

jethrojones — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:32:34 -0000

This episode was so good. As a school principal, I have learned so much from these podcasts, even though we don't make any money. Good leadership is good leadership, and I certainly changed my leadership since listening to the podcast. This episode was so powerful because it taught about the propensity for trust. And that is important because you need to tell people you are leaning toward trusting them!

Re: Startup Weekend Provo

jethrojones — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:38:08 -0000

Thanks, Darren. One day, I will get a vinyl fence.

Re: The Struggle Between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivators

jethrojones — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:17:26 -0000

I like your protest against Larry Cuban. Do you think a better protest would be to not give him any attention? Perhaps even not read him and certainly not give further credence to his post by not giving him credit for stimulating your thinking?

As to extrinsic and intrinsic motivations, I often struggle with how PBIS has been construed to mean that we give out lots of rewards. That isn't really what it is about. It is about defining our expectations, teaching, re teaching, and correcting misbehavior. We choose to make it about rewards. One good thing about class dojo is that it basically can keep track of how many times you positively and negatively reteach students.

I had a great conversation about this with @chriswejr in an upcoming @trnfrmprincipal episode.

Re: Journalist Photos of Sochi Olympics Conditions (32 Photos) : theCHIVE

jethrojones — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 15:23:59 -0000

Par for the course. I was there nearly 15 years ago, and things were largely the same. http://jethrojones.com/2014...

Re: Introducing the NEW Drape’s Takes

jethrojones — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:54:07 -0000

Well, so far, I really like the design. Looks great, and it will continue to have your great posts to support that design. And, for some strange reason, I haven't had any problems with disqus so far. And, I even installed Disqus on my jekyll blog. How about that!

Re: When Learning Isn’t Vulnerability

jethrojones — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:50:59 -0000

Interesting thoughts, Darren.

For the record, I would argue that *needing* to eat is one of the most vulnerable things we do every single day! ;) We show that we are vulnerable and cannot survive without nourishment. In that sense, I would say that we are very vulnerable in learning in that we need knowledge to knowledge to survive. Those who refuse to learn are lacking vital sustenance. They are missing out on nourishment their bodies truly need. And thus, as you said, are therefore ignorant.

Re: Introducing the NEW Drape’s Takes

jethrojones — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 21:08:40 -0000

So, are you not migrating all the old stuff over to this new one?

Re: High-Performance Instructional Leadership, Video 2: Compression

jethrojones — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:42:49 -0000

I've been using TextExpander for a little over a year, and it has saved me so much time. I love it! It is a great tip to send emails easily. I have saved nearly 17 hours of typing in the last year and a half!

Re: Downloading iCloud Purchases

jethrojones — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 23:10:47 -0000

This is awesome. I have been trying to figure out the best way to do exactly this. Thanks so much.

Re: Why I Struggle with Teachers pay Teachers #OER

jethrojones — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:29:02 -0000

It appears that the reason you posted this is because it creates a "dilemma of openness". It seems to me that your assumption of the word "open" is that it means the same to everyone else as it does to you. When you quoted the "About Us" page on TPT, you emphasized the word OPEN, as if to communicate that it related to your desire for the #OER movement to be successful and take the place of traditional publishing.

Please correct me if I am wrong, because the rest of this argument is based on that assumption.

When TPT is talking about "open", they are not talking about free products. They are talking about putting any seller on the same footing as any other seller when they first start selling. (Reputations will be created and some will be favored more than others, but everyone is on the same playing field.) This is revolutionary, and is (i believe) a precursor to the OER movement gaining more traction. What TPT does is allows a teacher to use her money to support content she feels is directly applicable and effective for her classroom. It allows the Pearson book to gain a little more dust on the bookshelf.

The more teachers say they don't want to use Pearson the less likely it may be that a district purchases Pearson books. If a district can use the common core and TPT to purchase a curriculum, they can likely save a lot of taxpayer money (always a good thing). Once they realize how much money they can save while still maintaining good results, they may be more likely to go the #OER route and save even more money! But, to think that they would go #OER right away sounds ludicrous. Many people still think that a paper encyclopedia is a better encyclopedia than wikipedia.

If you are for OER, you almost have to be against the big three publishers. TPT is also against the big three publishers. #OER and TPT should be besties, because they are both fighting for the right for teachers to decide what to teach, not a publisher that posts $4.4 BILLION in Profit! (link: http://investing.businesswe... That would be enough to fund education in Utah for 26 years at current low levels (Utah's education budget if I read it correctly: http://le.utah.gov/~2013/bi...

Just imagine if we could stimulate that kind of economic prosperity among our friends!

Just a couple thoughts.

Re: Is Social Media an Appropriate Avenue for Making Practice Public?

jethrojones — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:10:55 -0000

I like the idea of doing this. With the success of donors choose and kickstarter, some projects could even get some extra support by posting more publicly.

Re: Hazel Introduction on MacTuts [Link]

jethrojones — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:28:03 -0000

I am an assistant principal at an elementary school. I use sort into subfolders every day to automatically file student documents into folders by last name. It is glorious, and so helpful when I need to find something later.

Re: Convert Text Into Audio for Free (on a Mac)

jethrojones — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:26:28 -0000

This is good, but you gotta check out Ghost reader from convenienceware.com. Great product. I had to commute 45-60 min each way for my masters, and had to read a lot. This app saved my life. And, I didn't have to buy it. I think the trial is time limited, but only counts days off on days you use it. So I used it once a week and got 15 weeks or so out of it.

Re: http://joeljenkins.tumblr.com/post/3883327289

jethrojones — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:11:58 -0000

That is pretty impressive. I wish I had mad skills like that.

Re: http://joeljenkins.tumblr.com/post/3883327289

jethrojones — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:11:40 -0000

That is pretty awesome. I am impressed.