Larry Fliegelman (@fliegs) is doing another blogging challenge for the month of April; the #Apr13 blogging challenge. Larry's commitment and dedication to blogging, sharing and collaborating with others are uncontested. Larry has been doing an excellent job of encouraging Educators to share, learn and explore as a collaborative group. Jeff Delp ...

A couple weeks I decided to do something most educators would never dream of doing. I gave all 140 of my German students the opportunity to assess me. I explained to my students that the assessment was 100% anonymous, and the most important thing was to give me the truth. Here is the link to the ''Herr Tarte'' assessment. There were 9 required ...

Last week we had our third professional development day at Seckman High School. As a PD representative, I had the opportunity to lead two PD sessions. The format of my sessions was to watch 7 videos that would hopefully spur a lively educational discussion. Teachers were in groups and were asked to document their discussions by using Google Docs: ...

5 reasons educators should start reading blogs: 1) - Blogs are the heart of learning and sharing... If you are an idea and inspiration junkie like myself, then you will find blogs to be extremely beneficial. Educators of all ages and backgrounds are bringing their ideas, reflections and experiences to one convenient location; their blog. ...

One of the biggest reasons I enjoy using Twitter is it enables me to connect with educators from all around the world. Additionally, Twitter has proven to be an efficient and effective platform to discuss pressing educational issues. Unfortunately, most educators don't have the opportunity to discuss educational issues during the course of the ...

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend the EdcampKC technology conference in Kansas City, MO.  This was my first ''unconference,'' which basically means the entire conference was participant-driven and each session was presented by someone who was actually attending the conference.  There was a big board set up in the main room, and ...

The path to growth and development can be ugly at times.  Educators are part of a world that is continually changing and evolving, and as such we are forced to take a leap, and at times take a leap when we are not ready.  Going through all my undergraduate classes at Mizzou we were always told how rewarding and fantastic the field of education ...

My first official working day at school was today...I witnessed ups and downs, heard screams of joy, and whirlpools of pessimism and discontent.  As I thought more about the ''happy'' people, and the not so happy people, I decided to concentrate on why the ''happy'' people were happy.  I soon realized there seemed to be a couple underlying factors ...

As mentioned in previous posts, I have really tried to utilize my summer to better myself.  I wanted to refine my skills as a progressive educator who is able to meet the needs of students in a meaningful and influential way.  As such, I have concentrated on new ways to integrate social media and technology into my classroom instruction.  All of ...