The last couple of weeks have provided a few great opportunities for me to learn, and I would like to reflect on them in this week’s blog posts. One of my grand ideas last year was to try a Parent/Teacher book study. Having read Mindset, by Carol Dweck, I felt that it was the perfect … Read more
Dr. Brad Gustafson is one of the Engaging Educators that I have had the good fortune to connect with through Twitter and blogging. This man is a social networking powerhouse who regularly dreams up unique ways to empower students and prepare them as global citizens comfortable with using 21st century tools to create and problem-solve. His latest … Read more
A few weeks ago, my daughter received a package in the mail. It was a book, one that she has been really wanting to read. What confused me was that it was from a “friend of a friend” and it wasn’t a gift for a special occasion. No note of explanation. Just the book. I … Read more
Recently, one parent loaned me a book by Seth Godin. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us would probably not have taken me quite so long to read if I wasn’t stopping to take notes every 5 seconds! I found a lot of applications to teaching and learning that I definitely found valuable. One of the … Read more
Last month, I saw a post about TED-Ed Clubs on Richard Byrne’s blog, Free Technology 4 Teachers. Hoping to host such a club next year, I applied. (According to the TED-Ed Clubs site, you may still apply.) This post isn’t actually about TED-Ed Clubs, since Richard and the TED-Ed site have that pretty well handled. … Read more
One of the sessions I attended at TCEA 2014 in Austin last week was called, “Global Collaboration in Elementary.” It was presented by Matt Gomez (@mattBgomez), and largely featured Twitter interactions his kindergarten students had experienced with other classes around the world. That’s right – Kindergarten. I work with gifted students in K-5, and I … Read more