Look Who's Talking

The other day a long-time colleague and friend stopped by school to visit. She’s a “retirement rookie” so she was telling us of her new adventures with her new found superannuation from “formal” education. She just returned from a trip to Florida and in the August ’13 edition of Spirit, the in-flight magazine of Southwest Airlines, she found an article on the Flipped Classroom and 21^st century technology. “This would be a great article for Professional Development”, she said. Always thinking, Cheryl provided me with two copies of the magazine. I immediately contacted the airlines to see if I could get a copy of the August issue for each of my teachers (waiting to hear back from them). In the article “Flipped Out” Jennifer Miller conveys the important message that the flipped classroom. If you’d like to read the article, go to www.spiritmag.com to review the article!

It’s exciting to see articles promoting and encouraging the advancement of education. It just goes to show you that no matter where you are (even at 35,000 feet), someone is writing, reading, or talking about education. In this case, we see someone promoting educational pedagogy in a progressive and positive format.  So the next time you are out and about (at the dentist, getting the oil changed on your car, or even flying home from a vacation or conference) , don’t be surprised if you find a magazine, newspaper, or news broadcast reporting on the 21^st century movement in education.