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.
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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 …
In my previous post on Developing a Professional Learning Network, I mentioned a professional development event called EdmodoCon that I attend each summer. I wanted to take a few moments to share with all of you a little bit about my experiences there and why I would recommend it to all my teaching colleagues. EdmodoCon …
I am always on the lookout for activities that will help me make the learning process fun and interesting for my students. A couple years ago, I came across this great idea for a review game to play with them called Bazinga.
This school year has not been the easiest for me. I am a self-declared workaholic and every year I take on more and more tasks in an effort to make the learning experience better for my students. At the beginning of this year, I rolled out a new class website that allowed my students to …
