This morning I am wondering how many of our high school students are feeling. The school is instituting a new (changed) policy on cell phone usage. As I understand it, although there were guidelines before, cell phone usage in the classroom was left up to each individual teacher. Now, each department was charged with coming…
On a recent trip back East to see my parents, my mom disappeared into her bedroom, claiming she had to go get something for me. She returned, with a bracelet in hand, saying my “Uncle” Bob had given it to her when he returned from serving the US Armed Forces in Thailand, many decades ago….
The month of October was pretty awesome for my blog! I didn’t change anything I was doing, so I am not sure what to attribute the success to, but I am grateful in any case! On October 8th, one of my blog posts from 2016 went crazy and had an additional 166 more views. The…
Place Based Learning: Instructional (PBL) Strategies was a one credit graduate course I took this past month. Thankfully, it is over! From my past experience one credit classes seem to be over-filled with heavy assignments, placing demands on one’s time that seem incongruous with the gains received. Such was the case with this class. However,…
Virtual education or distance learning is becoming more and more common. Regularly, now, you can see advertisements for distance learning establishments on the television and receive information through the mail or online. The establishments or more accurately, institutions, include services and classes for both K-12 education, college courses, and even degrees. There are many reasons…
It’s Tuesday again! Already! Time for a Slice of Life Post sponsored by the Two Writing Teachers Blog. Last Thursday, I found out the my proposed study, Garden Education and The Subsequent Development of Environmental Stewardship: Indicative Memories, was approved by the IRB, or Institutional Review Board, at the university I attend for graduate school. My mentor…
Distance Learning. This term has come to mean a lot of different things, but to me it means learning from an institution or teacher from a distance – one that is not local to where you are but someplace, some distance away. I have experience with distance learning, both personally and with two of my…
Of course, this is facetious, for I am not a principal or even a teacher for that matter, but there have been times in recent years I have had to act as one. Recent duties have brought this forward in my mind once again. Yesterday, I had to assist my youngest son on turning in…