Month: June 2023
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“Connecting the Dots” in Learning
06/2/23 – As an EB educator, I have a strong belief in “connecting the dots” with learning, because it is key for EB learners to make connections to prior learning and build background to incorporate new learning into their schema. This is not only good practice for EB learners but for every learner (Harapnuik, 2015). Initially,…
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Thoughts on Presentation Structure
6/13/23 – The Five Rules for Presentations from Duarte along with Sinek’s thoughts on how to have a great presentation are excellent guidance on what things will set your presentation apart from others (Duarte, 2010; Sinek, 2018). One needs to take the time to add these details and put these directions into practice. Freytag’s Dramatic…
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Active Learning Thoughts
6/12/23 – An active learning article stated, “Therefore, active learning as designed and implemented by typical college biology instructors may superficially resemble active learning used by education researchers, but lacks the constructivist elements necessary for improving learning” because “constructivist theory argues that we can expect students to retain serious misconceptions if instruction is not specifically…
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Revolution vs. Reformation
6/8/23 – Sir Robinson shares that we need to look at a revolution in education and not a reformation because the education model widely used today is broken. Thus, we cannot “remodel it” or “reform it” but need to “transform it” (Robinson, 2010). That philosophy resonates with me. When I think of fixing something, I do not usually think…
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Crafting Effective PL
6/4/23 – It is not surprising that “research tells us that teachers learn much the same way that students do,” because I felt that as a teacher and realized it early as an Instructional Coach (Gulamhussein, 2013). If anything, teachers may need more time and support to learn new practices than their students since adults tend…
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Creating a Learning Environment
6/3/23 – After being an educator for over two decades, it is refreshing to view the work from a different perspective with these assignments and discussions. Reflectively, I can see in many instances over the years where I was reactive in creating a learning environment versus being proactive for my students. I appreciate how we need to…
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Start to Summer
06/01/2023 – Well, even the “Fairy Godmother” faces illness… There is nothing like starting off your summer and your coursework with a fever and a visit to the doctor. After wrapping up the school year by packing up every thing inside a 57 year-old school to have it renovated, my body took me out of…
Wings and a Wand 