Mar

10

Designing a Great Professional Learning Community and Fostering Collegiality

March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A new group has been formed at my school seeking to define the best practices in terms of fostering a professional learning amongst colleagues on campus.  Our goals are influenced by research by Judith Warren Little (1981), whose definition of collegiality encompasses four specific behaviors:
(I)  Adults talk about best practice frequently
(II)  Adults in schools observe [...]

Jan

13

Finally catching up…

January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I have come to the point of acceptance with the fact that my teaching job leaves little blogging time. But, I had a bug in my ear tonight to get some video onto youtube, and it also serves as a good opportunity to post some activities.

This first video is the most recent. My [...]

Sep

3

Edmodo launches

September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Earlier this afternoon I found out (through my PLN via Twitter) that a new web app called Edmodo had just launched.  Edmodo is aimed squarely at the education community and seeks to provide a Twitter-like experience within a structured group environment.  So far, it looks promising.  It is easy enough to add groups and has [...]

Aug

20

Reflections on Summer 2008

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This has been an extremely eventful summer for me.  Spending eight weeks participating in the RET program at Notre Dame proved to be challenging and stimulating.  A week-long jaunt to Boston for Alan November’s wonderful Building Learning Communities dropped me head-first into the education 2.0 world.  As school is now starting soon, I think that [...]

Jul

21

Ning in Education

July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If you are in education and have not yet joined ning, make sure that once you have registered that you join the education group as well as the classroom 2.0 group.

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