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Sonny Bono, Disney. Democrate, Huh?
Photo Credit: qthomasbower via Compfight cc The readings from Week Three have led me off in a variety of directions, none of them even coming close to answering the questions asked until I actually...
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On Cyberbullying and other Scary Issues
Photo Credit: DmitryRyzhkov via Compfight cc Exploring the Week 4 link, http://www.goodworkproject.org/practice/our-space/ (which was called Our Space: Being a Responsible Digital Citizen), led me to a...
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Course 2 project
Photo Credit: giulia.forsythe via Compfight cc I have used the graphic above already, but it still suits my purpose. At the bottom right, it says “Technology (alone) is not the answer” and I think that...
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Beginning Course 3: Changes
Just thinking about changing my blog page gives me that over-the-top-of-the-Ferris-wheel feeling. I’m not even sure if I remember how to do any of the things that I thought I had in my grasp at the end...
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A little fable…
Photo Credit: h.koppdelaney via Compfight cc Today, while I was waiting and waiting for my project professor to Skype, I started messing around with my blog page appearance, searching for a new look…...
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It’s a Book!
I work in primary school with language learners, so I use visual tools in the classroom as much as possible. I love to link fiction and nonfiction resources in different formats so my students can use...
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I wish I knew then what I know now…
The First Presentation, Taa Daa! Really, this was the very first PowerPoint presentation I ever gave to an adult audience. I was a beginning PYP Coordinator of a candidate school, new to the country,...
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If the world were a village…
Every PYP teacher has a collection of mentor books that we use again and again to bring difficult-to-understand concepts into the classroom and make them visible for their students. This is a...
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For the Course 3 Final Project I decided to redo a PowerPoint project that I made 5 years ago, introducing parents at my candidate school to the Primary Years Programme. At the time I was pleased...
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Course 4: A good day for soup
Photo Credit: Max Braun via Compfight cc Back in course 1, last February, I was mystified by the alphabet soup of letters like SAMR and TPACK that I saw in others’ blog posts…I get it now. What I mean...
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Course 4: Gamification? Yep, I have participated, all-be-it unknowing
Photo Credit: rocket ship via Compfight cc Visible Rewards Outside the Classroom GOSH! I wish I still had my green sash with my Girl Scout badges and pins. Yes, I do understand the personal...
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Course 4: Flip Flopping
Photo Credit: faceless ekone via Compfight cc What I Mean This is sweet (yep, it’s a piece of cake, I think), but not what I meant. I meant that I may have had an opportunity to flip my classroom, but...
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Course 4: Still Under Construction
Photo Credit: cobalt123 via Compfight cc As an elementary PYP generalist, I’ve been thinking of myself as a constructivist-still-under-construction, but often when I read articles about...
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Course 4: Constructivist or Connectivist? That is the Question
Click here to view the embedded video. The sidebar: This thought provoking video by Derek Muller (Veritasium) came from my youngest son today. Ernesto is studying Computer Science at Oregon State...
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Course 4: Project Proposition
Photo Credit: Anikaviro via Compfight cc Because I’m not in a conventional classroom right now, I’m going to design my project proposal with a broad brush so I will be able to adapt and implement it...
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Course 5: Picking Up the Pieces, Moving On, Rebuilding Mindfully
I really don’t expect everything to go smoothly in my life, but just before we started the new term in January, as I was just completing my paper and presentation for my EDU690 Action...
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Course 5: On With the Show!
Photo Credit: dirkjanranzijn via Compfight cc Yes, I do feel a bit like I am dangling upside down over an abyss, but I have practiced, a bit, and I should be able to pull off this performance, as long...
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Course 5: Wow, this project is a lot like …
… herding cats. Click here to view the embedded video. Working with adult English Language Learners has given me a very different opportunity and perspective. They are motivated learners, motivated by...
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Staying in touch with my teacher-friends-mentors-colleagues…or at least trying
Photo Credit: Matthew Oliphant via Compfight cc Why is it that we can stay connected with some people, and not with others? You know, we’ve all moved from country to country and school to school. Some...
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Done and dusted…but just a beginning
I was grateful that we had begun our planning in Course 4. Because I had that plan to guide me, I was able to focus on the implementation…which needed a lot of legwork to accomplish. I was without a...
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