I recently graduated from Western Governors University with a Masters of Science in Educational Leadership. My research, and a HUGE personal interest of mine, was centered on Personalized Professional Learning. While my big research question and the action research I conducted focused on small changes with a group of teachers that I’ve blogged about before,… Read More Personalized Professional Learning: Literature Review

Two nights ago this tweet from Sarah Jacobs crossed my timeline: First. WOW!! This is absolutely incredible. I was so moved by Sarah’s art that I started digging into this. How in the world did she do this? Could I try it? So next I found a few more tweets that were helpful and discovered… Read More Using Google Draw to Create Beautiful Mosaics

This morning I watched and listened carefully to Jennifer Gonzalez’s keynote from South by Southwest EDU conference. I’m blown away by the opportunity to learn from keynote speakers even when I’m not able to attend conferences. There are so many experiences at a conference that I know I miss out on when I can’t attend.… Read More The Aerodynamics of Exceptional Schools – @Cultofpedagogy at #SXSWEDU

Books and Articles: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice In My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works — A True Story by Dan Harris I appreciated the real skepticism and honesty about challenges he faced – while not the same as my challenges, he still offered an… Read More What I’ve Read & Learned: March 2019

This is the second guest post from Nikki Lehman and Kristin Dreyer. To read the first part of this series, please visit this blog post! As We Finish The Unit For the most part, our students navigated the learning menu well, participated in all activities/assessments, and enjoyed the opportunity to respond to American Born Chinese… Read More Linking Learning Menus to Portrait of a Graduate: A Work in Progress

Over the last month I have read more articles than books. I began teaching a class for educators in my district and have put the books I was reading aside for a few more weeks. However, this issue of EL was something special. I found myself reading and sharing a couple of these so much… Read More What I’ve Read & Learned: February 2019