Be Beautiful
There are times in our lives when we are struck with the kind of clarity that surrounds us entirely, pressing us flat against the very core of who we are. Clarity that lets us see the things that we’ve worked hard to keep ourselves from seeing. I have to thank Chris Lehmann for bringing such […]
Disassembling Motivation
It’s agonizing to watch. Sometimes it occurs as a slow leak, seeping from a pinhole in the bottle. Other times it’s a torrent flowing freely from a gaping hole. Sometimes it’s somewhere in between. However it happens, it’s tragic. The death of motivation should be mourned openly. And it should be acknowledged it’s happening far […]
DS 106 Assignment 1
It’s been a while since I purposely set forth to engage in some interest-based learning. It’s been, well, all my life since I tried doing so with an open course. Thanks to Jim Groom, I’m giving it a go. I’m hoping to not only have the opportunity to reflect on what it’s like to experience […]
A Little Common Sense
Kids and teachers are interacting. Everybody panic. Unfortunately, too many are. Somehow, we’ve forgotten this is a cornerstone of being an educator. That a teacher’s role does not stop at the final bell. That a teacher is also a mentor, and sometimes that overflows into the hours beyond the given school day. And it’s been […]
Funny Math
Help me understand this. Recently, I’ve come across several examples of a rubric being used in a way I don’t quite understand. The rubrics all had the standard four levels of proficiency for the criteria being assessed, and the levels moved in typical fashion with one being inadequate and four being exceptional. That’s all fairly […]