Collaboration is a key skill in life and is something that as an educator I try to instill in all of my students. Throughout my career as an educator and especially during my Kenan Fellowship I have learned that…
Emotional Phases of PD
Throughout the Kenan Fellows Program I have encountered many different experiences that have provided me with opportunities to feel successful, changed, excited, defeated, inspired, frustrated, and driven. Each of these feelings represents a phase that I went through while attending…
Communication in the Digital Age
As I began to think about the continued debate on whether students should or should not be allowed to use social media in education, I started to the about the following connection. Isn’t the social media world of today just…
Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Ewww
Throughout the course of my fellowship I have learned so many things that will change how I teach throughout this school year. I have gained lesson ideas, technology ideas, different ways of looking at data, paradigm shifts about what…
Stepping out of my comfort zone so that I can impact my students’ minds
Throughout the summer I spent a lot of time researching and making connections that would help me to make sense of my summer externship. I did not believe during the first couple of weeks that I would ever be able…
Aha…It’s a veggie and fish diet for me
This summer has been full of a variety of Aha moments that vary from professional development sessions with Kenan and 4H to lab experiences. I would say that it is pretty clear from my past blogs that I did not…
Drivers of Change- Technology and CCSS
“To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a technological society, students need the ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas, to conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems,…
Neanderthal Effect and Technology
Neanderthal– noun, someone who refuses to recognize the value of anything modern. I believe that sometimes people involved in education are experiencing what I would like to call the “Neanderthal Effect”. Because a certain new technology was created after…
Got More Than I Expected…learning and nature
So after a week in Cullowhee at NCCAT I would say that this photo pretty much sums up my experience. Overall it was unexpected, intimidating, and exciting all at the same time. I expected to meet a lot of new…
Creativity Block and Learning Curve
How is it possible that I could experience a creativity block and a learning curve simultaneously? Why is it happening at a time when it would be nice if one of them would just back down? Maybe it is a…