Category: Personal Blogs
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COVA and Your ePortfolio
4/24/23 – At this point, my learning experience in this program has continued to narrow my focus on the specific points that need support along with detail in my Innovative Plan and bolstered my “Why.” I am excited that this program has reinforced where my district is going in Blended Learning and supported my deeper…
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Learning Networks
4/20/23 – I have recently joined these professional learning networks in order to grow my pedagogy: Classroom 20 – https://classroom20.com/ EDweb – https://home.edweb.net/ Google Educator’s Group of TEXAS – https://sites.google.com/view/geg-texas/home?pli=1 I am also a member of a Lamar learning community of fellow students in Applied Digital Learning in which we collaborate in the work of…
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4DX Strategy
4/19/23 – The Whirlwind of our daily urgent and important tasks compete every day as we try to focus on our work goals and even our personal goals. When trying to focus on change, these day-to-day tasks on the job can easily get in the way. They can keep our strategy of execution for our identified…
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State Testing
4/15/2023 – Most people think it is the spring season, but I refer to it as testing season in education. It’s that time of year when all public schools are focused on testing whether it is the SAT or the EOC; the ELA STAAR or the Math STAAR; and for our EB Learners – the…
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Blogging
4/14/23 – This is a learning curve for the Fairy Godmother. Growth mindset is key when setting up a blog page. It took various hours of playing around with WordPress on various days to finally accomplish a successful blogging page. Now comes the work with reloading all my previous postings that didn’t post correctly as…
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Growth Mindset Discussions
3/29/23 – It was exciting to have the opportunity to engage in a Growth Mindset discussion with my teachers today during Professional Learning in Data Digs to impact instruction over the next month. I get to have this same discussion with half of the faculty over the next two weeks! I love how this motivates…
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The COVA Learning Approach
3/25/23 – The COVA learning approach has already impacted my learning as it has been in action since starting the ADL program in January. At first, the learning experience was daunting in the amount of choice, in how to express my voice, and in taking ownership of my ePortfolio that all occurred in the first…
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Influencers
3/24/23 – After reading the Influencer, I understand the need for looking at all 6 areas of influence for leveraging change in vital behaviors for my Innovation Plan (Patterson, 2013. This is even more evident after seeing in the video that the children needed at least 4 of the 6 to change behavior. Also, looking at the…
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Course Design
3/19/2023 – Fink “proposes that students’ educational experiences will be strengthened if there is a focus on building universal skills for approaching learning opportunities. These acquired competencies will help them in your course and beyond.” Since teachers are also learners in my innovation plan and having to stretch their skills in technology, I am thinking…
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The “Why”
3/11/23 – I think the “why” is the most important when it comes to learning and pursuing life goals, because as we have been reading, the heart and the head work together for motivation. Answering the why brings in this crucial piece. I am always wondering about the why behind the learning, behind people’s behavior, behind my…
Wings and a Wand 