I’m talking about failure. Failure has become quite the educational buzzword these days. Articles, research journals, and blogposts all tout the need for failure as part of the learning process. I’d argue that most people mean “mistake” instead of “failure,” but that is an argument for another day.…
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading...I’m a fan of Malcolm Gladwell‘s writing. Last night I read his article The Art of Failure where he distinguishes between panicking and choking. In short, people who panic stop thinking; people who choke over-think and lose the use of internalized skills.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Insert cliché opening about how-time-flies-and-I-should-blog-more here.
(CC BY-SA 2.0) by quinn.anya
Thank you to mbedchatblog challenge 2014 for encouraging me to maintain a blogging pulse.
The last several years I’ve tinkered with creating a more student-centred classroom, and the last few semesters I’ve really gone all in.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...
(CC BY-NC 2.0) haglundc
Here in Winnipeg we’ve had days and days of -30 degree temperatures, but this week I found a hot spot in Manitoba–#mbedchat. I’m still fairly low on the social media learning curve, and this was my first Twitter chat, but it certainly won’t be my last.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...This is one of two posts I’ve been meaning to write since I attended ASCD13 in Chicago over my spring break.
After I attended the ASCD Conference in Chicago, where I learned so much, I went home to my parents’ place for a different kind of lesson.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I was very excited to sign up for etmooc and totally unprepared for how reluctant I was to post anything online. I set my blog up fully expecting that I would have my intro done in no time and being adding to it regularly.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...What is it about a birthday or an anniversary that prompts us to pause, reflect and remember? Tomorrow is my 1-year anniversary of blogging, and I find myself wondering if I’ve been doing what I set out to do. Why have I been doing this?…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...
A blog post by @mrsdkrebs got me thinking about what is holding me back from being the chief learner in my class. For many teachers it is fear.
Several ETMOOCers have expressed levels of fear and uncertainty about the course or an app, but I think the real source of fear is much deeper.…
(+2 rating, 2 votes)Loading...I’ve been following #etmooc with interest, but with the hectic first week in our Electronic Village Online about neuroscience in Education (#brainELT), I haven’t been much of a contributor, but an active listener.
What I’ve been trying to explore with much interest and anticipation is how a MOOC develops, unfolds, how conversations start and persist, and, mainly how participants perceive this whole experience of being in a massive online professional development opportunity and react to it.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Managing fear can be tricky, especially when doing it in a group.
Going into the EDCI515 (#edci515) and the collaborative online learning experience (#etmooc), what I recognize in myself is a health dose of fear mixed with an uncertainty in my own abilities and an excitement that I’m on the cusp of something new. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...