I hate that I didn’t read the prompt before tonight… or I would be prepared with pictures!! I used the Lenovo tablet constantly this summer when working at DPI every day. It was great to grab it to take to…
Lesson Implementation…
As a DPI fellow, the project I created are based on teacher professional development and bringing teacher feedback back to DPI. My initial ideas were to create a session on how to write constructed response questions and implement them into…
Mentor/Kenan Fellow Partnership
My mentor partnership was a very valuable experience. Being a DPI Kenan Fellow is a little different. I did not get much one on one time with my mentor. Although I worked independently a lot this summer and fall because my mentor…
What this experience means
As cliche as it sounds, my experience as a Kenan Fellow has meant the world to me. The institutes were some of the best professional development I have ever experienced. I am sad that the next time we will all…
Social Media in the Classroom
The range of opinions (and sometimes strong emotions) on social media use in school is truly incredible. Some believe it’s the silver bullet of the day to fix student engagement and increase learning. Others believe it’s the worst possible use…
Something Learned
As I began the new teaching year, I’m struck by how many things I learned during my fellowship. I knew I would learn a lot during my externship that would impact my teaching, but I had no idea how many…
Impact on my students
As my fellowship comes to a close, I know that my externship will impact the learning and teaching of my students. I have learned so much about the assessment process while working at DPI. I’ve begun to create a training…
Biggest A-ha Moment
DPI has always been this far away entity that made decisions, and those decisions didn’t always make our lives as teachers easier. I always knew that they weren’t the only ones making decisions (hello NCGA), but their implementation of decisions…
CCSS, NC ES, & Tech
Over the past year, North Carolina educators have transitioned from using the NC standard course of study to using the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and NC Essential Standards (NC ES) to guide their instruction. Many people were very nervous about…
Connecting My Externship with My Classroom
School starts about a month from now, and I’ve never been good at turning off my teaching brain during the summer. As I travel, read, and catch up with friends during the summer, I find myself thinking about my classroom…