I am not even sure I crafted a proper HMW question at the beginning of this school year for the work I wanted to do. If I did, I can’t find it now… The reality is, I just wanted to get through in good health and in good spirit and I wanted the same for […]
I’ve been mulling over @ljensen’s comment on my last blog about ‘updating my worldview’ as pertains to creative confidence: “I am wondering what it is about creative confidence that you find compelling? Judging from your questions, it seems to be something around taking risks and learning/recovering from failure.” Thank you Lara for this thought provoking […]
The journey this year in the role of innovation support staff has taught me much about myself as an educator. I’ve thought constantly about what the term ‘innovation’ means, I’ve paid attention to who is using it, when and in what context. This is my twentieth year of teaching, and I am sensitive to buzzwords. […]
Before the excitement starts to settle and give way to culminating task immersion, marking and reporting, I am taking a moment to distill the mess of ideas buzzing around my mind after my year as a Cohort 21 participant. These conversations began at the final F2F last Friday, but as I have discovered about myself […]
Hi there Cohorters! I hope everyone has had a great break from their routines these past couple of weeks. I have just returned refreshed from rural Cuba, tech-free, advertising free and utterly in slo-mo for the last week. Bliss. I have found in my Cohort experience that many little side-bar projects have crept into what […]
I have spent a lot of time in ‘thinking mode’ since the last F2F. I had been worried about the fact that my action plan had not advanced to a great degree, yet I was still interested in my topic and so I took the advice I often give my students: keep reading, keep mulling […]