Online Learning
I was pleasantly surprised how much the State of Michigan recognized the role of the teacher in the online learning environment. I’ve heard about “The World is Flat” too many times and how schools will...
View Article3 Words
If you click on the link my 3 word shockwave video will come up. It will keep looping as it isn’t in a player but you can just close the window/tab. Fitton3Words
View ArticleWicked Problem Part A
My fear, and I am sure it is shared by many teachers, is that students will be able to do calculations after taking my class but not understand the why you use certain formulas and how the formulas...
View ArticleWicked Problem Part B
T-P: The dynamic geometry is the technology piece and using inquiry tasks with writing across is my pedagogy piece. I want to increase how the amount of dynamic geometry I use in my classes but the...
View ArticleTeacher / Leader
One of the reasons I am in the MSU Ed Tech program and not the Administration Program is that I have no desire of being a principal. I’m clearly not Mr. Upbeat, but I am happiest working when I’m in a...
View ArticleGrowing Up Online
I thought that the two videos were very different in nature. The second had me thinking much more as a future parent rather than a current teacher. As teachers there is only so much we can do about...
View ArticleTranscript of the Wicked Presentation
Having students both capable of calculating and having deep understanding of mathematics is a truly wicked problem. The difficulty leads some to believe the false dichotomy that doing both is...
View ArticleCopyright / Copyleft / Creative Commons and the Public Domain
I first installed Linux in 1998, a few years after most of my friends had already been using it. Some years that is all I use, other years I’m more in the Windows world. Anyhow, to make a short story...
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Professional Learning Plan
Again with the lack of embedding… but click on the picture to see my Glogster. Image of my Glogster for PLP In many ways my professional learning plan from week 1 remains the same. I am planning on...
View ArticleCreating an Online Course
I remember when I was in high school that we were told to write for our audience. I really tried to do that in my online course. But for this blog post, all I know about my audience is that you might...
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