http://resiever.edublogs.org Noticing what gets stuck and what falls through Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:17:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This post is my contribution to Scott McLeod's Leadership Day 2009.  His site will aggregate the many excellent offerings from bloggers around the globe in the coming days. I'm writing my post for anyone who has influence in education--which is all of us, really. My hope is that it becomes ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2009/07/12/tech-whisperer/ Well, I am just tickled. Yesterday at 6 pm I published a post on our class blog about our Heritage Fair. At 7 pm I received an email from one of my students: Hi Mrs. Smith That is a great post you worte but i have some suggestions Add links to the names of ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2009/03/29/my-teaching-is-sticking/ Sometimes opportunity knocks. Sometimes it tags you in the hall. I joked with my colleagues that I should never stand outside my classroom door, as I am likely to get asked to do a job I hadn't planned on. A few weeks back my principal asked if I would present something ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2009/02/22/presenting-to-those-who-need-to-know/ This weekend I was in Philadelphia. I met amazing people, had great conversations, and attended inspiring professional development sessions. All from the comfort of my office swivelly chair. And yes, I watched most of it in my pj's. I was at Educon 2.1 via Mogulus, a broadcasting platform that allows for ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2009/01/25/reflections-on-a-conference-i-didnt-attend/ Before I started blogging I had never heard of a meme. Best I can figure, it's a sticky idea that folks personalize in someway then toss to one another around the internet. I first heard about 7 Random Things as a way of reminding students about privacy on the web ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2009/01/02/7-things-you-dont-know-about-me/ It's that time again. Folks (like me) make sweeping resolutions about the things they will change in their lives. I will lose 10 lbs! we say. I will be more organized! We want to be better than we are, so it's a hopeful act. Well, despite good intentions most of my ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2008/12/31/resolve/ Sometimes you just gotta believe. The givens: I have decided my action research question will focus on the circumstances and beliefs that lead to student engagement in learning. I really want to use blogging or digital storytelling as the lens through which to explore engagement. I also want to build my own ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2008/09/21/leap-and-the-net-will-appear/ I was just looking. Used to be, I would browse the bulletin boards of my school at the end of the day to get a sense of what other teachers and students were doing. This teaching gig is pretty lonely, so I'd prowl for inspiration. I'd see the products of teaching ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2008/09/14/steal-this-please/ Three more sleeps until school starts. Four until the students arrive, actually. I am feeling a bit jumpy, but still ready to bounce into a new year. Teacher Beliefs I have been reading a lot about student engagement and motivation as I prepare for my master's degree action research, and the school ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2008/08/30/might-as-well-jump/ Now, if you could be a fly on the wall of any one teacher blogger, in whose class would you land and why? I often find myself wishing there was a way to watch people in action with their students. You get a sense of what they are about through their ... http://resiever.edublogs.org/2008/08/23/fly-on-the-wall/