Summer
Light It’s summer: Sense Uninterrupted Musings Making Engaging Renewing! I am enlightened by my reading, writing, conversing, and connecting. It spawns new ideas for next year, focusing … Continue Reading Summer
A Matter of Choice
Walter McKenzie wrote one of the best blog posts yet on education reform, which is cross-posted at ASCD’s Whole Child Blog. He says: This equation shows how far we have strayed … Continue Reading A Matter of Choice
Connected Learners #clmooc #literacies chat True Reformers
Storify by Sheri Edwards Thu, Jul 18 2013 14:26:37 Connected Learners #clmooc #literacies chat True Reformers Connected learners: teachers and students joining together to forge pathways that make … Continue Reading Connected Learners #clmooc #literacies chat True Reformers
Learning Styles Don’t Exist; Options Do #openspokes
Jeremy Inscho in our Open Spokes Fellowship introduced us to Daniel Willingham‘s research that refutes the learning styles theories to which many of us may subscribe. Dr. Willingham states “Students … Continue Reading Learning Styles Don’t Exist; Options Do #openspokes
Learning on the Back of a Napkin
My friend Ben Wilkoff discussed in Google+ his renewed joy of writing when the napkin was the available tool. What is your learning on the back of a napkin, when … Continue Reading Learning on the Back of a Napkin
Collaborative Video #ceetopen #etmooc
We did it! Our #ceetopen participants collaborated on a video project based on the #etmooc project completed in Darren Kuropatwa’s Digital Storytelling presenation. Here’s our process, thanks to our leader, Verena … Continue Reading Collaborative Video #ceetopen #etmooc
Places I’ve Been February 10th #etmooc #ceetopen
View as slideshow MOOCs: Create an Open Classroom 00Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email Blogspot · Original link Time lapse … Continue Reading Places I’ve Been February 10th #etmooc #ceetopen
A New Year Forward
Focus Forward on Teaching and Learning
Struggle and Mindsets
Struggle: It’s hard. How do we teach that “struggle” is effort is learning anything? I reblogged a post from Emergent Math on my reflective blog: AskWhatElse that discusses the Eastern / Western take on … Continue Reading Struggle and Mindsets
ppl network
ppl network in edu today That’s what I’ve been thinking about as I grow into the new teaching environment, wherein teachers are evaluated on any number criteria connected to student … Continue Reading ppl network
I want to be better
I want to be better. I know my colleagues do too. We’ve sat around dinner tables together sharing ideas and planning ways to improve our teaching through our many years … Continue Reading I want to be better
I want to do it all… and remind me…
My Friend Joy Kirr, 7th grade LA teacher from Illinois, wants to do it all — learn all the time and apply that learning in the classroom to inspire and … Continue Reading I want to do it all… and remind me…
Thanks to Classroom 2.0, I’m Connected!
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Choose 2 Matter
Have you been following the #youmatter conversation? Have you reminded yourself that you matter? that those around you matter? Angela Maiers reminds us to acknowledge our value to the world … Continue Reading Choose 2 Matter
Collaborative Projects
My PLN friend, Scott Boylen of Iowa, asked me to reflect on a collaborative project our students completed about the Parts of Speech. Here are my thoughts: 1. Do you … Continue Reading Collaborative Projects
Blogging Meme: You Can Do It Too
#Rockstar Meme: You Can Do It Too I was recently invited to participate in the #Rockstar Meme — How Blogging Rocked Your World by one of the most inspiring and … Continue Reading Blogging Meme: You Can Do It Too
1DR What Else? 