Part of the Cool Sites series Image courtesy of @teflpet. In the picture above you can see a great friend of mine, Emma Herrod, and her son who have video-conferenced with my classes and workshops. When the teachers in my last workshop interviewed Emma via Skype about our interaction through Skype they were excited about […]
Month: August 2010
Children and Cardboard Boxes
In addition to this blog I have been posting a few times at the Cooperative Catalyst blog, which is a fantastic forum to read various opinions on how we can transform education. The educators have vast experience and pour their hearts out in every post. This post I originally posted on the Cooperative Catalyst blog […]
Learning Beyond Walls- Games and Wikis!
Part of the Cool Sites series Many of you have started school already and are integrating new technology in your curriculum. Wikis are one of my favorite tools for encouraging learning beyond the classroom walls. I’m sharing with you this post I originally wrote for one of my favorite blogs, ELT Digital Play, back in […]
To Grade or Not to Grade? by Tom King
Part of the series: Global Issues in Education by Guest Author, Tom King To grade or not to grade? That is the question, but what is the answer? How did you feel the first time you had a grade attached to you? You know…a letter C, maybe with a + or a -. Or maybe […]
Happy Birthday #Edchat PLN!
#Edchat turns ONE this week! THANK YOU! It has been an incredible year of opening a conversation to over 2000 educators weekly! The conversation began a year ago with 3 educators (Tom Whitby (@TomWhitby), Steven Anderson (@Web20Classroom), and I (@ShellTerrell)) who desired education reform and saw the need for educational stakeholders to discuss, debate, explore, […]
Learning to be a Better Educator
Part of the series: Teacher Development Reflections I should be putting the finishing touches on my lesson that I’m teaching tomorrow but I wanted to pause and reflect on my new August teaching post in Athens, Greece. I believe teachers are better educators when they reflect on their learning and for this month I’m learning […]
What You May Have Missed in July…
Perhaps you were fortunate enough to take a holiday or vacation? If so, you may have missed some of the tips, resources, and tools shared on Teacher Reboot Camp. What you might have missed… Your favorite posts this month based on comments and overall traffic: Tips and Tools to Manage Your Twitter Time– Social media […]
The Importance of Voice #RSCON10 #Edchat
One of my favorite movies is Jerry Maguire, because he suddenly wakes up one day and realizes that the way things are don’t have to continue to be that way. He realizes he has the ability to change his environment and he develops his manifesto. Developing our manifestos for education reform… I believe events like […]