There has been lots of talk about instructional videos lately. Video cameras have become smaller, more accessible and cheaper. It has also become easier to manipulate the video using FREE programs. And now the craze of the FLIP has made it a breeze to take video, download it to a computer and have it forever. [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 14, 2009
Red Flags
Picture it: A new teacher at the first day of New Teacher Orientation. What are they feeling? Fear…excitement…nervousness…happiness to have a paycheck in their future? Whatever they are feeling, they all want to know WHAT DO I TEACH?
We answer their question by handing them a curriculum map or a binder of assessments or the state [...]
March 12, 2009
ASCD 2009
ASCD ‘09 started yesterday for me! I am taking Schooling By Design with Jay McTighe and Allison Zmuda.
They gave us a short article to read for homework: Craft Knowledge: The Road to Transforming Schools by Deanna Burney. Burney ties accountability to standards of practice for teachers. She gives the example of doctors holding morbidity conferences [...]
March 7, 2009
Moodle
I am now a Moodler! Thanks to the Extended Learning Practices project at Monroe #1 BOCES, and an offer to work together on a project by Danielle Edmunds, I am finally working on my first Moodle course. My plan is to use it with the new teachers in our district this summer.
The flexibility [...]
March 4, 2009
Logically
I participated in an online workshop yesterday about logic models. I signed up for the workshop months ago, and I had no idea how useful the information would be now.
As the Library Curriculum Supervisor, I presented our department goal update to the Board of Education in January. I was so proud of the library lead [...]
