EC&I Wrap-up Reflections

My experiences throughout this course have been extremely valuable.  I’ve found this class to be truly excellent; this is the definition of professional development.
What I’ve accomplished in this course epitomizes the reasons for which I began to take on the challenge to study for my Masters degree.  This class has been the spark that I [...]

Summary of Major Digital Project

This video was put together as a summary and reflection on the work that has been so far towards my major digital project for EC&I 831. 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfHNlfzUvtM
For this major project, I created what could best be described as my teaching web space.  The central part of my teaching web space is my [...]

Guest Speaker … Alec Couros

It was great to have our fearless leader Alec Couros as our presenting speaker this week.  I’m not sure if his U-stream username (Courosalt) was a name for an alternate login or the name of a traditional steak seasoning passed down in his family.  (Boo… sorry… weak attempt at humour.)  Nonetheless, the session was – as [...]

Chris Lehmann of the Science Leadership Academy

I was very impressed with Tuesday’s presentation by Chris Lehmann of the Science Leadership Academy.  It was great to hear firsthand from someone leading such a technologically advanced school.  I’ve read and heard much lately about the difficulties that many (perhaps most) school systems are having in terms of keeping up with technological changes.  It [...]

A Shining Example of What a PLC Could Be

After taking the Easter week to spend with my family and focus on some other work, I had fallen seriously behind on reading what my classmates have been up to over the past week or two.  A sense of panic began to set in, as my Ed Tec folder in my Google Reader was reporting [...]