Education and teaching… Developing the Best Versions of Themselves- Ruminations On Values and Student Centered Learning 18 Dec 201818 Dec 2018 "It is no longer acceptable to quietly fail." "Dumb" "Unseen" "Teaching is about changing paradigms." https://youtu.be/-5DhawMlq0w What does it mean to be the best version of yourself? How can you…
Digital Badging… Digital Badging- Connecting Inside and Outside Lives of Students. 11 Dec 2018 Stepping back to an previous post, the initial goal of the badging initiative was to focus on student skill growth in addition to academic achievement. Thinking around the issue, I…
Digital Badging… Digital Badging – Larger Perspectives in Design Thinking of Credentials 7 Dec 20187 Dec 2018 Educators, by and large, are extremely creative people. I could never be a K-1 teacher, only because I do not have the chops for the incredible bulletin board designs. Seriously…
Education and teaching… Beyond “About Me.” Personalizing Learning Through Digital Badging of Transferable Skills 4 Dec 201828 Nov 2018 What is this panda talking about? "You are about to witness the strength of student creativity" The panda image above is obviously a word cloud. It is like thousands of…
Education and teaching… Demonstrations of Understanding. Or, how student creativity can drive assessment. 29 Nov 201826 Nov 2018 "Mr. H!! Can I just make a slide show, essay, or poster? " "Nope, no thanks, I'm good. What else are you thinking?" "Why not?" The simple answer is "because."…
Education and teaching… Is the rush to personalize eliminating Personal Connections? 26 Nov 20187 Jan 2019 https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/11/07/why-does-personalized-learning-sometimes-feel-impersonal.html "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. - Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park) Change "scientist" to "teachers" and this…
Education and teaching… Just Because You Taught It Does Not Mean That They Learned It. The Role Of Formative Assessment 21 Nov 201812 Dec 2018 It is dinner time. The one chance each day to sit down with my children and ask them about their day. It is time for "highlights/ lowlights." "What was the…
Education and teaching… Just Hear Me Out! Possibilities for Unthinking, Unlearning, and Relearning Proficiency-Based Curriculum 19 Nov 201820 Nov 2018 In an ecosystem, symbiotic relationships rule. They determine success and failure of an organism, with even the smallest of changes impacting all organisms within the system. Bottom-Up or Top-Down ecological…
Education and teaching… Why failure should be taught as a skill and celebrated in your classroom. 16 Nov 201815 Nov 2018 Failure. It is not a four letter word, but it might as well be one. We avoid it. We skirt around it, hedging our bets to soften a lack of…
Education and teaching… Stop! Collaborate, and Listen! The importance of reflection and feedback in developing student centered classrooms. 13 Nov 201813 Nov 2018 I'm aware, dated myself instantly. If you get the reference, we can kick it, for sure. As educators, I find that we take on so much, make so many decisions,…
Mr. H's Not So Secret Classroom 