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I have just made a connection based on something which has stuck with me since the end of July and something that came up today. Both conversations (the only meaningful way I make connections) were with outside vendors to our… Continue Reading →
And you say, “Duh?” Well I might retort, “No, I mean in an exotic, train-wreck, but beautiful sort of way.” And hopefully you don’t want to punch me. Fresh off a full day in-service with a group of 40ish K-12… Continue Reading →
The good news for this mom is that I have spent 15 years in education by the time my oldest is entering Kindergarten, the bad news is that doesn’t matter. The panic allegedly began 2PM Thursday, when my son’s long… Continue Reading →
I had a great ISTE this year. I was a little Twitter-star struck, managed to be act normal with several cool people that I was lucky enough to meet, and had some of my paradigms shifted. And, I was challenged… Continue Reading →
I have been feeling introspective lately and had two recent conversations with @LancelotTeacher and @JohnHardison1 that have helped me make some connections to what I believe. John is starting up a blend learning academy for our district and as we… Continue Reading →
I am not sure about MS Word document value (dramatic pause) in online Professional Development courses. Compliance courses masquerading as PD are one thing, but please, don’t let this bleed over into PD!
Educational terms can become overwhelming. And if they don’t make you quit in the first five years of your career, they will hound, test, confuse you for the next 25 or so. So forgive the initial eye roll on the… Continue Reading →
I became interested in joining Blended Schools Network MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) for two reasons. One was that it sounded like a cool thing to try out in an area I already had some background knowledge – it was… Continue Reading →
In the process of starting something for a Udemy course I (of course) wanted to include an appropriate infographic. I found this infographic on Pinterest – https://pinterest.com/pen63/ . As you pinners know the source page for pins you love are… Continue Reading →
This was my 3,000th tweet. I did not even realize that I had surpassed 3,000 until the next day when I had an occasion to look something up on twitter.com directly. Surely, this is a chance for reflection. I am… Continue Reading →
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