Awhile back, I favorited this tweet from Dennis Richards:
I just got around to checking out the Dancing Matt video and agree that it is one that made me smile.
In addition to making me smile, it made me think about the world today and how we used to all dance alone. Now, with the use of [...]
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Cross posted from: A&S Reflections
This week members of my program cohort completed a Communication Styles Inventory. I’m generally pretty wary of these types of surveys – I mean it was only 10 questions. Anyway, based on the questions (which, in many cases, had two very good choices), I was found to be a sensor. Some [...]
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Starting this summer, I’m adding a destination on my flight plan to the future. I am enrolled in the Johns Hopkins/ISTE program for a certificate in School Administration and Supervision. It’s completely online and an accelerated program. For these reasons, combined with the workload, I’m super nervous about managing my time for the next year [...]
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I’m home for the summer! This is the first year that I managed to keep my first week off from school completely unscheduled. It’s also the earliest that the kids stopped attending day care for the summer. We’ve enjoyed our first week together and as usual, I have a renewed appreciation for all the stay [...]
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Recently, in a couple of circles, the question of student use of portable music devices (mp3 player/iPod) in high school classrooms has come up. The question seems to be should it be allowed or not? My question is ~ for either side there should be more to the question – what is the purpose of [...]
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Recently, I attended a one day workshop with Stephen Barkley from PLS. As a technology coach, it was odd at first to find myself in a room full of non-tech type people. There were literacy coaches, math coaches, and administrators in attendance. In the end, I found the day to be enjoyable and super informative. [...]
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How about we give kids license to drive at 15 and say here you go! Have at it! No way, right?!
Like driving, learning to use technology is a skill that requires instruction, guidance, practice and has to be taken seriously. Just like driving, surfing can be fun. But in the same way, there are rules [...]
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This weekend, I’m heading to Philadelphia to participate in a weekend learning opportunity, Educon 2.1.
From the wiki:
EduCon 2.1 is both a conversation and a conference.
And it is not a technology conference. It is an education conference. It is, hopefully, an innovation conference where we can come together, both in person and virtually, to discuss the [...]
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Today, Martin Luther King Day, is an inservice day at my district. Our morning opened with a performance by one of our high school students and I thought it was so awesome I wanted to share it with any readers.
The work was inspired by Danny Dent, and performed to If You’re Out There by John [...]
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Rewind…
Last fall (2007), I participated in a graduate course entitled, Teaching in the 21st Century: The Need for Change. This course was totally online ~ my first experience with a totally online course. I learned plenty about shifting practice in teaching, but most importantly (for me) I learned a lot about myself and how I learn.
I [...]
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