
Sticks and stones
As a former victim of bullying, this week's lesson on cyber-bullying was emotionally draining. Thankfully, I went through school before...

Copyrights and Copywrongs... a Reflection
The Digital Citizenship class that I'm taking through Lamar is the course I was most interested in taking from the very beginning of my...

Digital Footprints and Reflection
After listening to the web conference this week, what resonated with me was the digital footprint that I’m leaving for my son. He is in...

The digital era, a gift or a curse?
The access to technology has been a double edge sword for both myself and my students. We have the opportunity to learn and collaborate...

Reflecting on Digital Citizenship and Digital Ethics
Darren Kuropatwa, educational technology educator, explained the difference between digital citizenship and digital ethics. I had always...

Professional Learning in a whole new way
The goal of many professional learning sessions is collaboration. If collaboration is such a great tool and brings out the best...

Communication
A large part of a successful digital course is communication. One of the great features of Schoology is the Conference App which allows...

LMS Practice Course and Liability
The course that I have designed for this class is made to be a distance learning course, yet it is based off the course that I'll be...

LMS all around
It’s hard to think of only two courses that can be redesigned into online courses with Schoology as the LMS, since this platform can be...

Don't Mock MOOCs
MOOCs or Massive, Open, Online Courses are changing the world... Jump on board or get left behind. When creating my online course with...

Uh Houston, We're going digital... over
In a face-to-face classroom, I engage my students in a very open dialogue that changes a typical lecture into a natural conversation...

Good timing
While each perspective of learning has strengths and weaknesses when explaining how we learn and what methods foster learning, I try to...

Evidence of learning
5 weeks... that's how long I've been working on my blog. I've learned a lot about myself and the process of creating an ePortfolio. Just...

Lessons learned
When I first started this ePortfolio process, I told myself and others that I was going to stick with Google Sites as my platform. At...

Assessing ePortfolios?
I've given a lot of thought about how to implement an ePortfolio (especially as it's still uncertain what the school year might look like...

Reflections on COVA
The COVA Model makes a distinction between Guidance through Discovery and Step by Step Instructions. When students are dependent on the...

Who owns the ePortfolio?
When it comes to portfolios, its obvious that the student/learner is the owner of their content, the process, and product of the...

But why an ePortfolio?
ePortfolios (and blogs like this one) are great tools for reflection and connecting the dots in one's learning. In education, there are...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
... it was remote learning. Several teachers that I have worked with have been resistant to embracing technology and digital resources. ...



















