What is the role of technology in the creative process? When I sat down to watch Sound City, the documentary created by Dave Grohl about the music studio in California where Nirvana recorded Nevermind, I was astounded to learn that much of the music that I had grown up listening Read more…
How do we respond? In episode 19 of the Amidon Planet Podcast, Tom Andres talks about how circumstances can determine your attitude…if you let it. The basic message, and one that we gleaned from the book Fish!, is we get to choose our attitude and how we respond to the Read more…
How do you choose to respond? Imagine getting up way before the crack of dawn, chilled to the bone and being surrounded by foul smelling fish…doesn’t quite sound like a recipe for inspiration. But through the story of a business leader in need of help and a fishmonger who provides Read more…
It can never hurt to ask. When the first birthday of the Amidon Planet Podcast was approaching I knew that I wanted to ask Gloria Ladson-Billings (President of the National Academy of Education and Professor Emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison) to be a guest. She has influenced my teaching, Read more…
What do you do when your focus shifts from teaching mathematics to teaching mathematics teachers? I remember my first time teaching methods for teaching secondary mathematics and the constant need to remind myself that I wasn’t teaching mathematics but how to teach mathematics. It was weird. I was so thankful Read more…
You want to go to Kenya? Yes, yes I do. To be honest, I was a little overwhelmed at the thought of going to Kenya to visit the schools and the communities that partner with The 410 Bridge. What did I know about Kenya and it’s education system…not a lot…but Read more…
What’s love got to do, got to do with it?-Tina Turner Often when I ask aspiring teachers why they want to step into the profession they eventually talk about their love of children and how they want to teach in order to help children become the best version of themselves…or Read more…
Happy New Year! To start off 2020 I wanted to share my word of the year, which is CREATE, but also I wanted to share some of the motivation for naming CREATE as my word of the year. The Broken Record Podcast with Rick Rubin and Malcom Gladwell, was shared Read more…
A brief message during the holiday season to consider how we can use our gifts to love others based on the verse 1 Peter 4:10. Enjoy! Shop the Amidon Planet Store to support the podcast and get yourself a t-shirt or hoodie! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast Read more…
What pitfalls need to be avoided in leading people to be doers? A few years ago I listened to an episode of the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, where he talked about the Developer’s Dark Side, or more specifically, pitfalls that leaders fall into when attempting to lead their teams. While Read more…