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Influencing Change
Overview: In my innovation plan, I created a blended classroom environment. This blended classroom has enabled me to move recorder...
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What's My Why?
Working a district that is now on its 3rd superintendent in 5 years, we have gone through a lot of change initiatives. Most, well in my...
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Creating a Significant Learning Environment
Creating a Significant Learning Environment The learning environment sets up the entire teaching and learning experience for both the...
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Understanding by Design
When I was first introduced to the Understanding by Design concept, I was quite overwhelmed and was not very confident in my ability to...
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Designing a Course with Significant Learning
After reading and reflecting on Fink’s “A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning,” I see the value in truly...
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Learning Philosophy
When I first began teaching almost 16 years ago, I would definitely say I entered the field with a very behavioristic point of view. It...
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A New Culture of Learning
Wow! So when I first started reading this book, I honestly thought I was going to just get through it. I mean I had to if i wanted to...
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Journey to Change
At the beginning of my latest course for my Master in Digital Learning, we were given the challenge of coming up with an innovation plan...
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Innovation in the Real World
While traveling home from Montreal, my husband and I had a short layover in New York City. One of the busiest airports in the country,...
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E-Portfolios: A Reflection
Why should we use an E-Portfolio? To help us tell, remember, and reflect on our personal, professional, and/or educational story. In...
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