Be Vulnerable: #IMMOOC 4.5
What about the process? It’s messy! Own it!
Why Network? #IMMOOC 4.4b
But find your people. Connect, share, and grow.
The Power of Feedback: #IMMOOC 4.4a
This post is the fourth in a series for #IMMOOC, as it relates to Katie Martin’s book, Learner Centered Innovation. I have noticed that some students have a very difficult time receiving feedback. They want to turn in assignments (recordings of music demonstrating specific skills) and have that be the end of it. But it’s not the…
Learning to Learn: #IMMOOC 4.3
This post is the third in a series for #IMMOOC, as it relates to Katie Martin’s most recent book, Learner Centered Innovation. In our ever-changing world, there are many new skills that students need to learn in addition to the standard, “reading, writing, and arithmetic.” It is now also vital that students (and adults) learn…
Learner Centered Innovation: #IMMOOC 4.2
This post is the second in a series for #IMMOOC, as it relates to Katie Martin’s most recent book, Learner Centered Innovation. In Chapter 2 of Learner Centered Innovation, author Katie Martin discusses the environment (ecosystem) that must be present for learner centered innovation to exist. Obviously at the center of this is the learner! But equally…
#IMMOOC Season 4: Why is Innovation in Education Necessary?
I am so excited to be participating in #IMMOOC again! IMMOOC = Innovator’s Mindset Massive Open Online Course. I participated in the fall, reading and discussing The Innovator’s Mindset, by George Couros, with a wonderful PLN. This time around participants were given a choice (love the personalized learning here!) to read either The Innovator’s Mindset by George…
Personalized Learning: Part 3, How it Works
I have posted a few times about my personalized learning goals for this year, and have received some questions about how it works within the band and orchestra world. I’ll try to explain how some of the day to day activities work within my classroom. You can access my previous posts here: Personalized Learning: Part…
VSTE Recap
In early December I attended (and presented at) the VSTE Conference – Virginia Society for Technology in Education. My presentation was about Flipgrid, and along with a co-worker who teaches Reading we shared uses and suggestions for using Flipgrid in an elementary classroom. Yes, blogging about Flipgrid is also on my list of things to do! …
Personalized Learning: Part 2
I began writing about my Personalized Learning plan back in October, shortly after it was introduced to the students. Now that the first quarter is over I’ve had a chance to evaluate the results and am starting to make some changes moving forward. To quickly recap, during the first quarter, students were given a list…
#IMMOOC Wrap-Up
Going into the #IMMOOC experience I had no idea what to expect. I had read The Innovator’s Mindset over the summer and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was definitely on the list to re-read at some point, which made participating in the #IMMOOC a logical step. I had also recently set-up this blog, so “forced” blogging…