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Three months. That’s a long time to distribute building a professional learning experience. However, I am proud of it for several reasons. I am also sad that this is unique, that I do not get to replicate this distribution of learning with other… Continue Reading →
For years, I’ve proudly explained my content specialities in grades 4-8 as having a strong focus on “content literacy.” Imagine my surprise during the first video in MOOC, when they explained that content literacy is an intermediary step with Disciplinary Literacy being the… Continue Reading →
The term ‘Personalization’ has made the rounds in the educational technology portions of education for sometime now. Usually the education community incorporates terms like this or abandons them, but ‘Personalization’ seems to have been artificially kept alive by #EdTech companies. Teachers… Continue Reading →
It is time. Time to update your online content. When you are ready to freshen your online content there are some essential questions to ask. When you are ready to freshen your online content here are some essential questions to… Continue Reading →
Once you get some content online from your face-to-face classroom you might wonder how to facilitate that area of your classroom. This is a good question because a significant portion of a teacher’s work in a face-to-face classroom is classroom management… Continue Reading →
Blended Learning Amplifies Teaching Blended Learning is changing teaching. Changing teaching from something which happens once to something which is available to a student as s/he is ready. The focus turns to the learner and his/her needs. There is something exotic in… Continue Reading →
While you convert your class into a blended learning experience is the perfect time to spring clean. Clean up your content Broken links are a show stopper for any online portion of a course. Consider investigating if your Learning Management System… Continue Reading →
Attending a 2nd grade classroom play I had to snap some pictures of my son’s classmates. They were doing something I had not yet seen. These students were recording the various plays presented and immediately replaying and watching them; in… Continue Reading →
The good thing about Blended Learning is there are many ways to do it. The bad thing about Blended Learning is there are many ways to do it. So while you are planning as a school, grade level, or a… Continue Reading →
How I taught Eratosthenes in a Face-to-Face Classroom One of my favorite books to read to my middle schoolers was The Librarian who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky. And I read it to each of my classes before starting our study… Continue Reading →
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