I’ve been enjoying the course offered by KQED, “Finding and Evaluating Information. The course authors have added a wealth of information and links for helping all of us, adults and students, better evaluate the information around us in physical and…
Connections. Everywhere. A network of sharing and growing. That’s what being a connected learner is. My connection with #clmooc has expanded my focus from one classroom and one teacher, to a networked community from which I can give just as…
DigiLit Sunday is a Sunday post on literacy, an invitation by Margaret Simon, to share literacy strategies and tools for the classroom. This week’s list of bloggers: Sunday, September 28, 2014. How do I differentiate reading materials so students can approach…
How do you assess blogs? What is your purpose? That is the question. DigiLit Sunday is a Sunday post on literacy, an invitation by Margaret Simon, to share literacy strategies and tools for the classroom. This week’s list of bloggers: Sunday, September…
It’s Sunday! DigiLit Sunday is a Sunday post on literacy, an invitation by Margaret Simon, to share literacy strategies and tools for the classroom. This week’s list of bloggers: Sunday, Aug 31, 2014. We also join Betsy Hubbard’s Chalkabration. …
It’s Leadership Day 2014, a call from Scott McLeod to offer insights for leaders in education. One topic of importance Scott addressed when he first started this discussion is “what it means to prepare students for the digital, global world…
Social Media and Ed Tech: Reflection on Professional Learning 1 What did your professional learning look like 6 years ago, and how has it changed? Six Years ago, I was still a lurker on Twitter, but was a Saturday participant in…
Common Core: What Works? On a field trip with my sixth grade students, we stopped at a park across the street from an ice cream parlor. As I walked back from the store to the park with the last group…
#nablopomo #nablopomoed Blog A Day 24 If only… … all schools would learn this model, presented in this post, and the comments, by Tracy Watanabe Why? They respect teachers by empowering them to solve the issues regarding the school’s vision through…
#nablopomo #nablopomoed Blog A Day 21 A great strategy for encouraging learning is… collaborative groups. There is one thing I like about the Common Core State Standards. That is that they expect students to work collaboratively to build understanding, share concepts, and…