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Conference Keynote That’s a Terrific Middle Level 101
When walking in the woods, sunshine can illuminate a path that has been taken by others, making a journey a bit easier, and offering the opportunity for you to discover… Read more
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New Year’s Learning Resolution – Great Way to Engage Teachers
How might I find a way to reach more of my teachers? A colleague in another district has come up with a New Year’s Resolution professional learning program with personalized,… Read more
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Are We Taking On Too Much Too Fast?
We have lots of tech-focused projects to work on. And we’ve done a good job of identifying all the tasks that need to happen to be successful. And I’d love… Read more
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An Alternative to Standardized Tests for School Accountability
What if we had a better choice than standardized test, that could tell educators useful information about what actions really needed to happen to help students learn better? I recently… Read more
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Education Technology Duality: Nouns, Verbs, and “Everything Just Works”
There is a duality in education technology: the hardware and software (the nouns) and what you want to do with it (the verbs). And even when you work to focus… Read more
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So, Apparently, There are No Verbs Without Nouns
This is how I learned that there are no Verbs without Nouns. You can’t work on instruction and learning experiences unless all the tech is working seamlessly. And that’s when… Read more
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Moving a District Towards More Verbs
I recently started a new journey to be (Learning Through) Tech Director in a small, rural, but innovative, 1to1 school district. I’m going to start sharing our journey to focus… Read more
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Do One Small Thing!
A couple small things teachers can do for a big impact down the road. Read more
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Honoring Controversy – The Series
One of the truly challenging parts of leading large-scale school change is how upset some people can be about the change. Large-scale school change, especially paradigm shifting change, invariably generates… Read more
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How We Listen Matters
When dealing with controversy, it is important to listen closely to your critics (even when how they say things makes it hard to listen!). They may tell you what you… Read more
The Multiple Pathways Blog has moved to mikemuir.us!
I’ve been writing for years, via the MultiplePathways blog and the More Verbs blog, about motivating disengaged students, middle level education, learning through technology, and leadership for school change. All those writings have been brought together at mikemuir.us.
Top Motivation & Learning Posts
- Kindling Fires of Curiosity
- Focus on 6 High-Impact Motivation Strategies
- What Makes for a Good Learning Experience?
- The Good and Bad of Extrinsic Motivation
- Tone of Voice Matters (In Surprising Ways)
- Engaging Tasks
Top Leadership for Change Posts
Top Learning with Technology Posts
- Maine Learning Technology Framework
- Are We Talking Technology or are we Talking Learning?
- Not All At Once – Phases of Implementing Technology For Learning
Category List
- Advantage2014 – Auburn iPads
- Avoiding "Lock It/Block It"
- Branding and Buzz
- Burning Platform
- Classroom Management for Tech
- Curriculum Content & Organization
- Customized Learning
- Definition of Success and Measure
- Distributed PD Project
- Doing 1to1 Right
- Early Childhood Education
- Engaging Tasks
- Focus on the Learning
- Food For Thought
- Formative Feedback
- Funding
- Great Teachers
- Higher Order Thinking
- Ineffective Motivation
- Instruction for Foundational Knowledge
- Inviting Schools
- It Just Works: Devices
- It Just Works: Managed Software
- It Just Works: WiFi
- Lead4Change
- Leadership
- Learning as Desired Outcome
- Learning By Doing
- Learning Progress Management
- Learning-Centered Access
- Leveraging Learning Institute
- Living More Verbs
- Managing Ed Tech
- Managing School Change
- Micro-credentials
- Middle Level Education
- Misc.
- MLTI
- Motivation
- Multiple Pathways
- Policies & Procedures
- Professional Development
- Professional Learning
- Project-Based Learning
- Projects4ME
- Real World Connections
- School Structures
- Setting Expectations
- Shared Leadership
- Shared Vision
- Shared Vision for Learning
- Student Learning
- Student Motivation & Engagement
- Teacher Practice
- Technology as Tool For Learning
- Technology for Applying Knowledge
- Technology for Assessment
- Technology for Foundational Knowledge
- Technology for Home/School Connection
- Technology for Learning
- Technology Policies and Leadership
- Technology Resource Management
- Technology to Personalize Learning
- Uncategorized
- Voice & Choice
Mike Muir 