Welcome to my hero’s journey! I first learned about what a hero’s journey was in some literature class in college. As an English teacher, I have studied a variety of hero’s journeys and have even taught the idea to many students. I have encouraged students to write their own fictional hero’s journeys, and I have… Continue reading A Hero’s Journey
As Kelly, Ryan, and I are implementing and developing our learning ePortfolio initiative at Owen J. Roberts High School, we continue to visit and revisit every step of the way. For example, our original plan basically just had to do with classrooms adopting ePortfolios. However, we realized we needed to have a real training program… Continue reading Innovation Plan Update and Reflection
COVA (Choice, Ownership, Voice, and Authenticity) is a learning and teaching approach with which I was not familiar before starting my digital leading and learning journey. I’d like to believe that as a veteran teacher, I offer my students these options and routes in my classroom, but I cannot say I always do and all… Continue reading COVA- The Path to the Educational Revolution
Welcome to the Practice and Application of ePortfolios! Welcome to the second phase of the district’s ePortoflio roll-out through professional learning. In the next five sessions, you are going to take what you learned from the previous course, Introduction to ePortfolios, and begin to practice using them yourselves AND having students create and use them.… Continue reading Detailed Outline of Online Course
Welcome, educational pioneers! You are here because you have decided that you want to try something new, improve your own teaching and learning, and improve the quality of learning for our students. Over the past year and a half, we have been working in a digital leading and learning program. Our main focus has been… Continue reading Professional Learning at OJRHS
Greeting: Welcome, All! We have had an exciting year. This year, we have practiced a new kind of professional learning. In this small group, we have learned some fascinating things. Our students have created content in each of our discipline areas, and they have used their ePortfolios to reflect on their learning and build on… Continue reading Session 9 (MAY)
Greeting: Welcome! Now that we’ve spent the last seven months learning about ePortfolios and implementing them into our individual classrooms, it is time to discuss our next steps and what our plans should be moving forward. During this time, we will come up with a plan for working together this summer and next school year… Continue reading Session 8 (APRIL)
Greeting: During the past 2 sessions you have had the opportunity to work on two activities for students to complete using their ePortfolios: a blog post and some other application. This week will be dedicated to sharing the strengths and weaknesses of these activities and collaborating on how to troubleshoot current and potential issues. Today’s… Continue reading Session 7 (MARCH)
Greeting: Welcome! Last session, you learned how to have students create WordPress ePortfolios (or add to the ones already created in their English classrooms). Over the past month, your role was to have the students create their first blog post. Today, you are going to finalize one relevant activity or lesson that the students will… Continue reading Session 6 (FEBRUARY)
Greeting: Welcome to student ePortfolio set up day! Over the past few months, you’ve learned a lot about WordPress and your own ePortfolio. Now we’re going to shift focus from your personal ePortfolio, to student ePortfolios. Using a similar setup sheet that you used when you created your own ePortfolios, you are going to work… Continue reading Session 5 (JANUARY)
My Digital Journey 