As my first class in the Digital Learning and Leading program draws to a close, it's a logical time and place to take stock of what I've learned so far and where that learning will take me.
Quite possibly the most significant concept in the program for me has been the idea of the fixed mindset versus the growth mindset. In studying this concept, and in figuring out how to present it and advocate for it to my colleagues and students, I feel as though I have been given the words and framework to understand a concept that will revolutionize the way I learn and the way I teach. All the other concepts presented in this course (and the ones that follow) mean very little without embracing the fundamental principle that anyone and everyone is capable of unknown growth. No matter how much choice and ownership students have over the most authentic projects imaginable, if they don't believe they can learn, they won't.
