Jen Wagner has tagged me with the Wordle meme begun by Lee Kolbert. I was also tagged by Martha Thornburgh. This works well with Teach 42‘s posts Day 27 and Day 28 of 30 days to being a better blogger where he referenced Lee’s meme. So here goes. I first used my RSS feeds, I have 4 feeds and I found it interesting that they produced different Wordles. One seemed to only show my first few posts about the MassCUE…
In the last few weeks I have been trying to drum up business. Hoping to get teachers to work with new tools in the classroom, always a challenge as the year draws to a close. Anyway… I have been hearing more and more of the following lately. Why should I learn this tool, won’t there just be another one? What is ONE I should be using. There are too many tools what is the best one? I sympathize. I try…
Ryan Bretag’s March post** …Aren’t Good Enough, really hit on something I have been struggling with myself. In my responsive post I listed some questions I am focusing on and will discuss with anyone who will listen. Here are my thoughts on my first questions. How do we get teachers/administrators to use and see the value of these tools for themselves and their students? (In my opinion Hurdle #1) First let me preface that the educators who ‘get it’ sign…
At work some times I hear the following comments, they usually make me blush. How do you do it all? How to you know so much? You are so smart. I can always count on you to have an answer. I knew you would know. I’d love to take credit for it all but the reality is I am connected to a greater mind. I am learning everyday reading blogs, checking out wikis and talking to my network. Some people…
Well its finally done, the fall professional development schedule is complete. Scheduling has been a nightmare as I broke my arm at the elbow and need to work around my physical therapy schedule. I am so glad it is done, now I need to make sure all my materials are ready. Lets hope people come. This is just a summary of the more formal offering and does not take into account in-service, department, school or individual teacher requests. Technology Infused…
I do not know about you but I come home from school now physically and mentally exhausted. I just have enough energy to hug my kids, feed them take out, and hit the hay. I know in a couple of weeks it becomes the usual busy. In three days I have not accomplished 1 thing on my ‘to do’ list. I have just been reacting to other peoples needs and wants. It seems many have forgotten the niceties of hello,…
Today I had the wonderful opportunity to help twenty four k-12 teachers from Plymouth Public Schools enter Second Life. These teachers are part of the Lighthouse Learning project. It is was so much fun to see them be so willing to try something so different. I think they are off to a great start. So if you meet some new people roaming around the education islands please be kind and offer a helping hand. Technical note: SL eventually stopped participants…