Does Real = Impact? Completely fascinated with this idea presented in "Museums, Can We Stop Letting Objects Control the Narrative?" Being the object-based learning groupie I am feeling a bit of disequilibrium after reading this. But, the basics I agree with. Story is an important piece of the work of a museum. Dare I say, … Continue reading Museum Monday: Does Real = Impact? – #BLOG365 Day 219
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Getting Out of the Way – #BLOG365 Day 217
Get out of the way! Last week while visiting a friend at his school he told me about the hoops his co-workers had to go through for what should be a simple process. Honestly, I was a bit shocked at the red tape required of teachers simply trying to do what is right for students. … Continue reading Getting Out of the Way – #BLOG365 Day 217
Museum Monday: Exhibiting Project Based Learning: A Collaboration Between Local Museums, University Education Students and Elementary Students – #BLOG365 Day 211 #sschat #artsed
Once again, I have to thank National Boards for reminding me of the amazing projects I was a part of over the last 10 years in education. As I was searching for samples to include in Component 1 I found a presentation I presented with a university partner. For many years our school was partnered … Continue reading Museum Monday: Exhibiting Project Based Learning: A Collaboration Between Local Museums, University Education Students and Elementary Students – #BLOG365 Day 211 #sschat #artsed
Using Video to Improve Instruction: Part 2 – #BLOG365 Day 207 @NBPTS #nbctstrong
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post entitled Using Video to Improve Instruction. At the time I had come across an old video of when I was doing an object-based lesson with students in my sixth grade world history class. Today a friend shot another video of me doing a lesson, using reciprocal … Continue reading Using Video to Improve Instruction: Part 2 – #BLOG365 Day 207 @NBPTS #nbctstrong
Thank You! -#BLOG365 Day 199
To all those teachers out there. Today as I chatted with some teacher colleagues I relayed a story of an interview question I was recently asked. If you could go back to teaching, what kind of teacher would you be now? I have considered this question a lot. Over the years I have learned a … Continue reading Thank You! -#BLOG365 Day 199
Museum Monday: The World is a Museum-#BLOG365 Day 197
The World is a Museum This has been my catch phrase over the last few years. I wholeheartedly believe it. Over the weekend I was looking for some photos of museum "stuff" to write about and I found all kinds of photos of regular objects that reminded me the world is the museum. In a … Continue reading Museum Monday: The World is a Museum-#BLOG365 Day 197
Start Right Now #satchat Highlights – #BLOG365 Day 195
On Saturday morning you will usually find me at yoga. Hot yoga, to be precise. Sweating my week away. But, this morning, with family in town, I wasn't able to get away so I climbed out of bed early to join #satchat. #satchat is one of my favorite Twitter chats and today's topic was the … Continue reading Start Right Now #satchat Highlights – #BLOG365 Day 195
Be Together, Not the Same-#BLOG365 Day 193 #IMMOOC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLhJIFC8xkY I love the message of this video from Android and I think it has important implications for us as educators, both in the classroom and in our practice as part of a school community. There is beauty in diversity. Which piano do you want your school to be?
Empathetic Educational Leaders- #BLOG365 Day 191
Last night while talking a teacher friend through a difficult professional experience I was reminded of a post by Dr. Neil Gupta, "How Do You Feel?" In it he speaks about the importance of asking how we want employees to feel and the importance of ensuring employees feel safe, value, and secured. I don't think … Continue reading Empathetic Educational Leaders- #BLOG365 Day 191
Ancient Egypt UbD Unit- #BLOG365 Day 190
Last year as we worked through some curriculum mapping in social studies we made a move to add in a choice of ancient culture for one of our third grade units. We left it pretty open so that units could evolve over time and teachers could explore a variety of cultures. We all know that … Continue reading Ancient Egypt UbD Unit- #BLOG365 Day 190
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