Lagniappe for Learning

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Entries from November 2007

The ‘Personal’ in PLE

November 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is a descriptive term for the growth and development that professionals need to be effective. Rather than (or perhaps in addition to) a traditional class in a formal educational institution, a PLE is much more informal and often, web-based.
My current PLE includes

reading posts from approximately 175 blogs (education-related, technology-related, and [...]

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Tags: balance · learning · professional development · reflection

Copyright Lessons the Robotic Way!

November 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Though this post is a reminder of copyright issues, it is also a focus on one of the many cool things going on at our campus!
Our ACE (Academy of Career Education) students are juniors and seniors from all of the county’s high schools dually enrolled in postsecondary vocational certificate classes in pursuit of a technical [...]

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Tags: copyright · student work · video

Ebb and Flow

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

It was one of those weeks…pretty ordinary with its share of highs and lows - and yet, worthy of reflection (isn’t everything really?)

one of the high school students made me laugh when he said to me, “…you make me think!” in a light conversation after school - seems I habitually challenge him to engage those [...]

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Tags: learning · professional development · reflection