Still trying to catch up with things, I’m listening to Sue Waters talk about the ins and outs of Blogging with Your Students and I am thinking about my class website/blog and all the trouble I’ve been having getting my students to blog.…
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Loading...I have been so busy this week with things in my classroom and my teacher leadership class as part of my masters program that I haven’t had time to stop and smell the #etmooc until today. So, while listening to George Couros talk about connecting to your administrators and using social media in a way that can change education and the way we all learn, I stopped and thought: Who am I connected to and why?…
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I’ve always felt to was important to be aware of how others in the world live, work and play. I remember having a pen pal, from Arizona, when I was in 3rd grade. We’ve lost touch, but I’ll always remember discovering truths about Native Americans, seeing pictures of the different ecosystems and learning a little Spanish.…
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This week was a lesson in overdoing.
In my classroom, we’re excited about an upcoming field trip where we will be “mission specialists” on a Moon Mission… I just finished “interviewing” all the “job applicants” and will spend the weekend placing everyone in their job positions so they can begin specific job training. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I’m in grad school, working diligently towards my degree in Educational Technology. The course I started this week is on Teacher Leadership and already, I’m able to see the comparisons to working in educational technology.
amen to THAT!
One article in particular has caused a good deal of reflection for me: Teacher Leadership, by Shelly Kurtz outlines what makes a good instructional leader in a school building and how this doesn’t necessarily mean being the principal.…
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So, anyone that has been reading my dribble here may have seen my comments on starting a project with my classes on finding water on Mars. We’re starting with learning about the Moon, the only planetary body in the solar system humans have visited.…
(+1 rating, 1 votes)Loading...So, I’m so excited about this! I ran to my desktop at school this morning and emailed some of the teachers I thought might like to participate in this experience. So, before the day is over, there might be at least one more joining the fray… possibly more!…
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Ok, so I was working on my class website over on Edublogs and saw this announcement across the top of the page of my dashboard that kept distracting me. The scientist in me had to click on it.. and after reading, searching, etc. …
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