It’s the day after the conference and I think I have con-lag (conference version of jetlag). Through the dazed expression though I am thinking allot about the work I saw from so many inspiring and innovative teachers. Here is a bit of a blurb about the teachers that really stood out for me…
Emma Clemens
It was so inspiring to see the cross curricular iBooks some of her upper primary students created and to be able to speak directly to the students who created them.…
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Trying to keep library lessons exciting and engaging can be a challenge. We don’t think of encyclopedias, Dewey Decimal, guide words or indexes as exciting catalysts for keeping students attention. I have always struggled with keeping fourth and fifth graders motivated during these lessons and have always been disappointed when the “Information & Media Literacy” portion of the CRCT (Georgia’s standardized test) comes back with less than desirable results.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I have been working on two ideas off and on for the past eight months and I thought I would share them in one spot to help out anyone else who is also working through how to create personalized learning environments within their schools and districts.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Here is the image of the three of them in the diagram, but this is the way I have been thinking about them:
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| Photo created at MOREnet conference, Oct 14, 2013; sent to my Flickr email address to build a group photo-story. |
This is one of the photos created by educators in my Picture Perfect session at the MOREnet conference on October 14, 2013.…
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Students want to know their instructor. ……
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...MOOC criticism is warranted. It should also be encouraged. If the MOOC is going to be the disruptive technology that solves for the ills that plague higher education, critics play an integral role in pointing out the model’s inefficiencies and the consequences such a model will have outside of the educational structure (such as in theory, culture and policy). …
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The new car smell has faded from this school year, but I’m making a new start. Blogging ideas have germinated and stretched their tender shoots into the air only to wither under the heat of a heavy schedule.…
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Malcolm Gladwell’s new book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants discusses perceived advantages and disadvantages and how appearances may not always be what the seem. The book has been received with some justifiable criticism (e.g. Christopher Chabris’ “The Trouble with Malcolm Gladwell”), but I’ve still found it interesting and thought-provocative for its potential applications in education, as we’re on the cusp of some radical and profound changes. (No Ratings Yet)Loading...