General Musings

Personalized learning for everyone? Is that even possible? The Question of Personalized Learning https://youtu.be/tFlzKuo2ZQ8 This is a question that I have been pondering for a number of years. I have seen many students walk through my doors in my 20+ years as a classroom teacher. Each one has a unique personality, preferred style of learning, …

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Why would we possibly need a list of the top 10 strategies for increased motivation? Well, let’s be real, December is officially upon us. With the Christmas Holiday season on the horizon, classroom teachers are beginning to pull their hair out. How can I motivate my students to make that final push before going on …

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Throughout the past year, I have been taking a professional development course on blended learning and what that means for the personalization of education for students. As the course progressed, I was tasked with creating a prototype of blended learning that I could use in my own class that would help me to meet my goal of creating independent learners in my classroom.

I can just imagine the quizzical looks as fellow teachers think to themselves, “You want your students to do what?”

In the world of education, the word “failure” is almost as bad as a curse word. It’s full of negative connotations and it can be a heavy burden to bear for most students.

The education system has created a generation of students who are afraid to get things wrong. They have been trained to believe that there is only one right way to do things or there is only one right answer.

This year has been the toughest I have experienced in my whole teaching career.  The stress of my job became so overwhelming I ended up taking a 3 month leave of absence.  It was probably one of the best things I ever did because it helped to provide a lot of clarity and perspective for …

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