Equity is a big issue – what are we doing about it? Watching all of the social media surrounding our current state of education is difficult. I don’t have time – there is so much going on in my personal life right now, paying attention to the day to day …
What has been your ONE big struggle during this school year? Managing my time between school work, course work, and family. This has been really hard. Share TWO accomplishments that you are proud of from this school year? I am getting ready to start my first big time research project …
A big thank you to Dr. Tutaleni Asino and doctoral student Alesha Baker at Oklahoma State University and Dr. Tonia Dousay at the University of Wyoming and James Kapptie in Wyoming for making this upcoming Sunday chat a reality. Also the #oklaed folks for letting me host – much love! …
Today I had the amazing opportunity to network and talk with and enjoy the company of some of Oklahoma’s most amazing teachers! If you have not had the chance to go to an EdCamp – you need to take some time out of your Saturday to go. EdCamps are unconferences …
I remember exactly what I was doing when I first heard about the Challenger disaster – the bell had just rung for third period to be dismissed. Nobody had time to collect books and leave when Mrs. Haas stepped into Mrs. Fleck’s science class, with tears in her eyes. “The space …
If you are not sharing what you do in the classroom, then someone else will tell your story for you. Making assumptions about what you do and why. Telling you what they think you need. With all of the different things that are being shared about teaching, what part of that …
Okeducation Truths and Rob Miller threw out the challenge – I am picking it up. Reasons for despair and hope in education. Why Despair Its hard to be a teacher. Working to reach every student every day is very difficult. It can be like wrangling cats – these students seem …
I was tagged in a twitter post this afternoon from the most amazing Kas Nelson (@kasnelson – you should follow her). It got my brain thinking, then a range of emotions flooded in, mostly anger. This is the pic from the tweet: Here is something that cannot be stressed enough …
A couple of questions answered for my readers: Why am I working toward a PhD in #EdTech? What is #EdTech all about?? These were questions that were recently asked by my professor, questions that my readers may (or may not) think interesting… The word cloud at the top of the page …
In the middle of working on some final drafts of papers – I find myself back to a topic that I have blogged about before. Take 12 minutes to watch this video from Moore Public Schools: As of this writing on December 6, 2015 around noon, it has been viewed …