Lagniappe for Learning

Most educators (for that matter most professionals and other workers) spend a certain amount of time doing some kind of learning. For most of us, that learning process comes with a certain amount of expected success - after all as educators, learning comes easily, right? Well, not necessarily - even if you [...]

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How in the world did it get to be May already??? I’m so behind - but ‘no stress’ here, right? Too much to do, so little time…but that’s a typical response, too? Well, here we go with a quick update…
I’m so excited to be a small part of the world-reknown Horizons Project 2008! [...]

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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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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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Networking opportunities abound in the twitterdom these days. I still find it incredible that folks all around the world with common interests can spontaneously connect and collaborate - we are definitely living in a shifting world…and I love it!
So, last week Jennifer (injenuity) announced she would be developing a Google Doc presentation for her [...]

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3 Reasons Meme

Time for a new blog meme to help spread the word about the upcoming K12 Online Conference 2007.  When you are tagged– simply create a blog post where you link to this flickr photo. Then write your 3 reasons and tag several others who will do the same thing. After you tag someone [...]

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Last week brought a bevy of online connections which solidifies my belief in the changing way we need to do ‘business’.
It all started over the weekend when I sporadically followed the Learning 2.0 conference in Shanghai (now in a dynamic and ‘to-be-continued’ status, thanks to Jeff Utecht) - the Ning site was a great mashup [...]

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One of those days - can’t pass up a quick post of diverse and quirky happenings of the day - a trifecta indeed…

A fifteen year old student asked me (the old lady) what TTYL and BTW meant - it was a major LOL (so as not to embarrass her, I waited until she left)!  It [...]

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Recently, I participated in an exercise of “strength” finding along with other faculty and administrators at our school. As an educator and counselor, I’ve always looked for ways to better myself and others. I often examine what works and what doesn’t work in my own methods of teaching, learning, communicating, and living…and I’ve [...]

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As an ardent ‘learn-aholic’, I take advantage of most professional development opportunities. The STAR Discovery Education Network National Institute was an outstanding one - a lagniappe, it went beyond my expectations!
Why? For a number of reasons, not the least of which was the learning environment: a Caribbean-bound cruise ship with [...]

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