August 10th 2011
Picture Books in High School! Yes, you read correctly. I love picture books, and I hope to share how effective they can be with teenagers and adults. Background: I met a new friend at #RSCON3, Denise Krebs (@mrsdkrebs). Through blog reflections and tweets we have communicated about a number of things … then last night, [...]
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August 6th 2011
It’s been a busy week since #RSCON3 … yet I have still wanted to reflect on the professional development I gained from the conference sessions as well as the sessions I hope to hear via archives. As I consider the area of professional development, I must say that I so appreciate meeting Lyn Hilt while [...]
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July 15th 2011
A few years ago, I discovered word clouds in a training that discussed Wordle. I have enjoyed this website for years and have a gallery of pictures to prove it. (In fact, I have several since my students could never remember what exactly my gallery title was. This past year, as I met some [...]
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July 8th 2011
Today, I had an awesome opportunity to co-train other mentors in the value of technology. My co-trainer, Christie, and I gathered 100 sites to provide others with a survey of the Internet. As our director checked on our progress, we admitted that she was “enabling our addiction.” (We weren’t very productive simply because we “played” [...]
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March 21st 2011
Goal 23: Integrate Technology Effectively “The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.” ~ John Naisbitt Our school district recently adopted the Danielson teacher evaluation rubric as a means of assessing effective teaching with a focus [...]
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February 24th 2011
Goal #11 … Give Students Reign #30Goals As I listen to Sherry Terrell’s explanation of this goal, I am reminded of Carol Ann Tomlinson’s philosophy of (what I call) the shift in teaching. In traditional classrooms, the teacher is the “sage on the stage,” the dispenser of all knowledge. This goal challenges us to have a [...]
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