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George Couros

I am a learner, educator, and Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Consultant. I believe we need to inspire our kids to follow their passions while letting them inspire us to do the same.

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3 Questions to Help Find Your Flow

I’m often asked about coding with young learners. Is it appropriate? Is it too difficult? When done well, it is both appropriate and fun for young children to dive into the coding world. Coding is a basic literacy in our digital age; and just like reading and writing, it is best to start early

Written by George Couros

Dec 27, 2022

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Why People Keep Going

At the end of each month, I want to do a “post revisit.”I have been blogging for over 12 years, and I often look back at my own posts for when I need to either be reminded of something from my past learning or when I need to relook at either the idea I shared or how I communicated the belief in

Written by George Couros

Dec 27, 2022

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Permanent Failure or Temporary Learning?

This blog post is part of my personal challenge to take one quote from this beginning of the year compilation and dive deeper into what the quote means to me! This would be a great challenge for not only someone diving into blogging, but it could also be great for a podcast challenge as well. It wou

Written by George Couros

Dec 27, 2022

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The Risk in Things that We Don’t Do

At the beginning of each year, I share a list of quotes that inspire me. If you want to check out the 2022 version, you can read it here.I want to dig deeper into these quotes and share why they resonate with me. If you are interested in starting your own blog or want some ideas for posts, I encoura

Written by George Couros

Dec 27, 2022

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20 Inspirational Quotes to Start off 2022

For the last five years, I have shared some of my favorite quotes from the past year that has inspired me or made me think deeper about a subject. I would say that the quote from Donna Volpitta was my favorite share from 2021, and it helps me focus on moving forward. “Today, resilience has a mu

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Dec 27, 2022

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What I Learned About Education by Losing 100 Pounds

If you have been following me or this blog for the past few years, it has been a mix of posts on learning, leadership, and a focus on recalibrating my health. The ideas, in my opinion, are all inter-connected. By focusing on my health, I have had to adapt and learn what works best for me, which

Written by George Couros

Dec 27, 2022

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10 Core Values For Education

In this month’s “revisit” posts, I wanted to reshare this post from 2018 titled, “10 Core Values for Education.”This is one of my favorite posts I have written because it came to me so quickly. I read something about Zappo’s “core values” and immediately asked, “How could this appl

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Dec 27, 2022

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4 Ways To Not Let Others Dim Your Light

Today’s “revisit” post, originally shared in 2017, was written at a time when I can honestly say I was struggling with my own self-doubt. I will say that I can be especially hard on myself often, which can often lead to success in many areas. But there is a difference between holding you

Written by George Couros

Dec 27, 2022

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3 Ways Schools Condition Students

In the month of December, I am revisiting and reposting some of my most viewed blog posts. Other than running the original post from 2017 through Grammarly (where were you back then!!), the main points that I shared then are held in this post today.As I reread this one, I think about how many people

Written by George Couros

Dec 27, 2022

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Growing from the Contributions of the Learners in Our Classrooms

Currently, I am teaching a course with UPenn titled “Building a Strong Foundation for Universal Design for Learning and Innovation,” which is part of a UDL certificate program taught with my friend and colleague, Dr. Katie Novak. (You can sign up for the spring 2022 session here if you are inter

Written by George Couros

Dec 27, 2022