Brian Aspinall is a former classroom teacher, current educational speaker, and university instructor at York University in Ontario. He's from Ontario but leads workshops and other EdTech-related courses for educators all around North America.

Key Takeaways:

• People need to get their stories out about how to change education.
• We need to get out of our silos if we are to grow and and take opportunities to improve ourselves.
• Educators need to get on social media, specifically Twitter.
• We have made time a constant instead of education and learning.
• Learning has to be about pursuing your passions.
• Far too often in education we focus on weaknesses. When students get out of school they will be focusing on their strengths.
• Going gradeless changes the verbiage from "what did I get" to "can I try this"?
• Why are we always preparing students for more school instead of life?
• The only strategy guaranteed to fail is not trying something new. If we fail to change how we educate students we are failing society.
• Fear is the common thread holding us back at all levels.
• Leave your ego at the door.

Stay in Touch:

Twitter: @mraspinall

Website: http://www.mraspinall.com/