This will be my final post about my learning adventure with Prezi. When I first posted about learning about Prezi, I stated that I was a little anxious. I wanted to be an expert right away but I know that it takes time. …
ETMOOC learning cycle
In ETMOOC there was a lot to learn and think about. Thanks to the great set-up of the whole course by the organizers. What I have learned has been the topic of most of my blog posts. So my “summary of learning artifact” is my thoughts about the ETMOOC learning cycle.…
The key to teaching?
Over this years have had many people ask me for advice on teaching. These people ranged from colleagues (both NQTs and new to school), friends who were either starting teacher training or looking to start it and trainees who have come into school.…
Inforgraphics to Enable Learning: Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part series on using infographics to enable learning. In part one, we defined an infographic and shared several examples; below, we discuss how infograhics enable learning, specifically when used as assignments. Infographics to Enable Students University students must be able to read, analyze, and apply data.…
Digital Citizenship: Getting Our Feet Wet
So, yes, we’ve been blogging at Planet Science. Its been going well. I’ve kept it all relatively quiet as we’ve learned how to conduct ourselves online and how to present ourselves in a way that we won’t regret in the future.…
Listening to what Learners Want: Autonomy, Mastery and Connection
I absolutely love the work of Amy Burvall and the Theory of Knowledge course. I pulled two of my favorite excerpts from the Student Voices video (http://youtu.be/SU72SpObYKY). Listening to learners is so essential, especially when they are saying things like this.…
‘Wasted Investment? Why do so many teachers leave the profession in the first 5 years?’
This post is a response to the 3rd #blogsync topic of ‘Wasted Investment? Why do so many teachers leave the profession in the first 5 years?’
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The question for me encompasses many things, but I think the crux of it is alludeed to by the blogsync question itself, and can be summed up by: “the way people enter the profession.”…
Digital Identities: Where does your digital self begin and end?
Tonight I watched Bonnie Stewart’s #etmooc session on Digital Identities; it was her last slide that got me.
When I came to #etmooc (as it does feel like a place for me), it was a stepping away, to create a new space for me, the personal me.…
See You Later Alligator… My ETMOOC Learning Summary
Student Reflections on Tweeting and Blogging
Questionnaire
Today in the French 11/12 class, I handed out a questionnaire to get my students’ thoughts about tweeting and blogging. They could respond in either French or English. The questionnaire included the following questions:
1. What is one aspect about Twitter that you are enjoying?…