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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Another year, another 365 days, has passed - isn’t it funny how the quality of time becomes so critical when we reflect on how we have (or have not) ‘used’ it? And that essence becomes even more profound as we age - is that why I show less patience for the ever-slowly movement of [...]

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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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