I’ve been missing Kim’s Friday Photos. I wondered where I would find light and shadows in my yard. The day is cool and crisp today but the sun is bright, peeking over the edge of hill across the river, illuminating the blossoms on our pear tree.…
Author Archives: Ms. Edwards
#140WC Welcome Challenge #clmooc #etmooc
A Challenge On November 10th, 2014 I made a commitment to myself and invited others to join — teachers, students, bloggers. The commitment? Write 140 words each day — 140 words more or less — but write — blog — everyday. …
#ce14 #clmooc #etmooc Student Agency
How do we help students develop the insight and initiative to be life-long, productive learners contributing to a better world? How do we develop student agency? We know that motivation comes from a desire to learn, a purpose, an authentic interest, and a belief that success is possible.…
Resilience
Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app
Resilience. For yourself. For your students.
My friend Susan Spellman-Cann created the HaikuDeck and a blogpost, “Bent But Not Broken” to guide us in resilience.
She says, ” We need to see students as they should be and help them to see what they are capable of becoming.…
#etmooc #etmchat Anniversary
From Susan Spellman-Cann we continue the gift of #ETMOOC and will enjoy an anniversary event complete with chats and Google Hangouts. Join the Post ETMOOC community and the #etmchat .
What is ETMOOC… Here is Susan Spellman-Cann‘s explanation in HaikuDeck
Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad
My HaikuDeck is One Slide about the effect of #ETMOOC
Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad
After ETMOOC, I reflected on the experience in a blog post – Unfinal Reflection, because it truly has been the gift that keeps on giving.…
A Twitter Idea #clmooc #etmooc #edquery #ce13
This month, I’ve asked a few questions on Twitter — used hashtags and asked PLN. I really needed more than a few responses, and I know the Twitter PLN is an awesome place for answers. I’m wondering if we need an Education Query hashtag: #edquery
An #edquery hashtag would work like #comments4kids.…
Congratulations for Truth
Have you read Verena Roberts post yet? Did you congratulate her on receiving the iNACOL Innovative Practice award . You know she acknowledges it is because “of all of you out there who supported and helped facilitate open classroom projects over the last year!”…
#etmooc #clmooc Week 3 Reflection #f5f
#clmooc Week 3 Reflections
How is what you create driven by your interests?
Since this is voluntary learning, it’s all based on interests; I have no preconception or grade to concern me. I love being inspired by those who jump in and share, so that I can piggyback on their ideas or find the spark that leads to my own creative work.…
Fellowship of Open Spokes #openspokes Education in 5 Years #etmooc
Something awesome is happening on a new channel in YouTube. Ben Wilkoff has gathered together a few everyday educators who are sharing weekly vlogs about education, a direct result of ETMOOC.
This week we’re discussing what education might look like in five years.…
UnFinal Reflection #etmooc #etmetc
How do you plan on staying connected to the people and the ideas?…