Promoting Alternative PL

The videos this week hit home for me. I enjoy telling stories just as much as I enjoy hearing them. I like telling a story and seeing people’s reactions, and I also like hearing my colleagues or my students share a story with me that they are excited about. Telling a story is an effective…

Aligning Outcomes, Assessment, and Activities

Aligning outcomes, activities, and assessments are the most important parts that teachers need to consider when planning lessons. However, doing so in a time period where teachers are inundated with state assessment requirements and scores is not an easy task. Teachers will need to design their lessons with alignment in mind. By using Fink’s Self-Directed…

The Power of Words

(photo retrieved from theLawofattraction.com) I have always known that what you say often has a greater effect on someone than what your actions do. I think that was because of the way I was raised - always be kind, if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all, etc. So of…

The end of 5303

photo by Mark van Leeuwen on dribble.com   My second class has just about come to a close. A few more posts here and there and some tweaks to this site and this course will be finished for me. While the courses in this program are condensed into a 5 week period, there is no shortage…

ePortfolio – Getting Started

After reading the articles this week, I’ve had a few thoughts. I felt like the ePortfolio was just kind of thrown at us at the end of the 5302 course. We went from discussing mindset and COVA and then this ePortfolio, I felt like, kind of came out of nowhere and I was a bit…

Being evaluated

photo by FLIP Learning on flippedlearning.org   This week we were tasked with sharing our portfolios and evaluating our classmates’ portfolios. I have always dreaded sharing my work with others – especially when I am not confident in what I have been working on. Case and point – my ePortfolio. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy…

Self-assessing at the End

photo by Tilisa Thibodeaux on tilisathibodeaux.com In this Concepts of Educational Tech course, while I have learned so much, I have found that the assignments and discussions have renewed my eagerness to learn and to apply what I’ve learned in my classroom. The course has helped to refocus my intentions as a teacher - why am…