Reflection 2.0

You can see the published google spreadsheet from this survey here - Education Blocked Web Applications. The response wasn’t as high as I expected it would be, but it did give a small-scale picture of the situation. Rather than immediately throw my beliefs and theories at you, I ask this:
What are the educational implications of […]

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As I wrote in my post a few days ago, I am starting over on my attempt to teach basic wiki (web editing/content creation) concepts (replacing Powerpoint - my choice) to my 6th graders. I rotate groups every 10 days (50 min. each day, 30 of which need to be spent typing), so I’ve been […]

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In the last few months I wrote 3 posts relating to the quality of education in Finland. I was pleasantly surprised last week when I was listening to Wisconsin Public Radio’s Here on Earth (with Jean Feraca) and heard the tail end of a program about this very topic. I was even more excited […]

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Here are updates on recent posts and issues for your reading and research pleasure!
Change on Filter/Blocks Survey
I’d chalk it up to a rookie mistake, but there’s really no excuse for my K-12, US-centric approach to my survey when I initially created it. I was called out on it multiple times and have made appropriate […]

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Can you tell I’m in love with Google forms?
I’m collecting data on the range of sites blocked at schools for educators and I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a minute or two and fill out my survey (seriously, REALLY easy and fast!). All you need to do is click on the link […]

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Well, it’s the end of spring break for me and I’m heading back to “on-site” work tomorrow (Monday). I’ve been working (the kind of work I adore) this whole time while enjoying being at home and with my family - reality will hit and hit hard when I have to drive 45 minutes to school […]

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This post was co-authored with Stephanie Sandifer and is cross-posted on her blog Change Agency.
In another infamous “Twitter learning moment”, we were directed by @durff to an engaging Ustream presentation broadcasting live from the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives (unfortunately, this hasn’t been archived, but we’ll post it when it becomes available). The […]

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A few days ago Aaron Strout of Mzinga tweeted about wanting to have job candidates apply through social media and I responded immediately with “DO IT”! Well, he has his jobs posted now and this is a must-see for all educators - this is the world for which we’re preparing our students - can anyone truly […]

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I started my 6th 25-day rotation of 4th grade keyboarding (4 sections of 20-30 students, 2 in one school, 2 in another) today and it’s just amazing how my teaching has changed since the beginning of the year. It may be my first year teaching, but I was fairly certain when I walked into my […]

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The hot currency to kids in my classes is ‘free’ computer time - as in, time on a computer DURING class, where they can choose their own activity. In my experience, so many teachers look down on this as simply a waste of computer lab time and a teacher not doing his/her job - I […]

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