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Online Learning

Online Learning

I have taken courses using Blackboard and am now getting into Moodle. There was no question that the courses I took at Bridgewater State College would lead to graduate credit. There are many online courses and professional development opportunities whose credit is accepted by institutions of higher learning and state licensing boards. But then there are high schools. Online Learning is a new way of doing things and will require some changes in how high schools look at courses and…

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What is the learning process

What is the learning process

I am convinced that as teachers we need to reflect on what is happening within our students as each one builds their own framework of knowledge. Learning is not about what is done “to” a student but what is done “by” a student. This leads to the concept of differentiated instruction. This takes place regardless of what a teacher does in the classroom because each student comes into the class with a different experience, knowledge base and learning style. The…

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Getting Started

Getting Started

In thinking about what I would place on this blog I believe the entries would be more like ramblings then well conceived bits of wisdom. As I see more technology used in classrooms, read more about the success and failures in education and play with the new technologies out there I find my views on education, technology and learning are always changing. I need to get these thoughts out of my head so I can examine them and help the…

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