This weekend as I was on Twitter, I ran across a blogging challenge called “5 Things We Have to Stop Pretending” in education to #makeschooldifferent. It was passed along by educator Jay Greenlinger (@JayGreenlinger) to five teachers in his PLN.…
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This past week, two of our district’s high schools administered a District-created Performance Task. The task consisted of a classroom activity one day, and the following day, a self-guided time of research, curating/synthesizing information, and writing a position paper on a topic that was relevant to our local community.…
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This summer while traveling to Castle Rock, CO, and Tyler, TX, my wife and daughter introduced me to Chick Fil-A, a restaurant chain that specializes in chicken sandwiches and such.…
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FIRST THOUGHTS
As an educational technology coordinator for a high school district, having an awareness of how instruction is delivered and student learning is assessed and made visible is important. I enjoy reading about and watching videos/webinars on current pedagogical thinking and instructional methodology.…
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On Youth Advisory website
With our continuing discussions about Digital Identities,@ChezVivian has written a wonderful blog post (Perfecting My Footprint in Life) exhorting us toward being authentic people online – full of character and integrity – as an extension of who we are in our daily lives.…
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As I read, “I am a teacher and I am tired,” by a young teacher, I found myself remembering times when I was at the end of myself as a teacher and having to evaluate if I wanted to continue in education. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...As I come to the end of the ETMOOC, I feel a sense of sadness, but also that it’s time to continue the work that was started as a result of my partnership with my fellow ETMOOCers. We dared to connect, create, collaborate, communicate, and share with each other.…
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When I first started the ETMOOC adventure, one question I was asking was, “Can I have some new glasses, please?” I knew I wanted to expose myself to new ways of thinking and grow in my ability to communicate, share, and learn from others online.…
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This week has been characterized by an abundance of great teaching by the likes of Alec Couros (@courosa), Dean Shareski (@shareski), and Sue Waters (@suewaters). The Twitter feed has been rolling along and there has been an endless supply of blog posts to choose from.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I love doing jigsaw puzzles. I remember as a kid doing them with my grandfather and having a knack for it. I still have some in my house, you know, the ones with 1,000/1,500 pieces. These days, I do most of them online.…
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