{"id":940,"date":"2017-10-18T16:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T20:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benschersten.com\/blog\/?p=940"},"modified":"2017-10-18T16:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T20:30:25","slug":"look-our-for-squirrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benschersten.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/look-our-for-squirrels\/","title":{"rendered":"Look our for SQUIRRELs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They sneak up on us from everywhere. Something we heard about at a conference, a blog post we read, something we saw on Pinterest or Facebook or Twitter. Maybe at an EdCamp or an observation at another school. We think, &#8220;If I did this, it would change everything; it would totally solve the problem of __________.&#8221; And all the sudden we want to drop everything and focus on that idea.<\/p>\n<p>I like to call these <em>squirrels<\/em>, those silver bullets for situations that don&#8217;t have silver bullets. Deep down, we know there&#8217;s no quick fix (of course there isn&#8217;t), but that shiny new package is so &#8230; shiny.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HxoWHeoYU3g?rel=0&amp;start=19&amp;end=35&amp;autoplay=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We know that change takes time. We know that one quick intervention won&#8217;t solve a complicated problem. We know that getting that new piece of technology, having everyone read that new book, or adopting that new policy won&#8217;t change things overnight. We know this. But those <em>squirrels<\/em> are still out there, vying for our attention.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, there&#8217;s no quick fix (squirrel?) to avoid squirrels. But we need to be aware that they&#8217;re always there. And if you find yourself super-excited about something as soon as you hear about it, sure that this new idea will solve that problem, stop. Take a breath. Sleep on it. Ask some colleagues what they think.<\/p>\n<p>Beware of squirrels.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This started as a post about technology (about Squirrel Apps), but as I mulled it around it became about so much more in schools (and in life for that matter).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They sneak up on us from everywhere. Something we heard about at a conference, a blog post we read, something we saw on Pinterest or Facebook or Twitter. Maybe at an EdCamp or an observation at another school. 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