Educational, Disconnected Utterances
As a veteran teacher of forty years in the classroom, let me be clear, teachers are not completely at fault for becoming irrelevant in their profession. It results from a system that doesn’t prioritize Professional Development for its teachers. It is a system developed in the eighteenth century that devised a way to teach its […]
Most research widely supports the direct correlation between parental involvement in their child’s academic life and their child’s overall success. Many studies illuminate the positive impact of parents’ engagement at the elementary levels of school, and unfortunately indicate that as the student moves to the secondary level, parent involvement seems to wane. Of course, there […]
I recently attended a most fulfilling education conference, FETC, The Future of Education Technology Conference. It was enlightening, uplifting, and inspiring. This international conference is a premiere showcase for the latest and greatest in education technology with the best tech advocates, and evangelist educators speaking and presenting for three days. Any educator in attendance had […]
Well, this is the first anniversary of the introduction of Generative AI in the form of ChatGPT to the world of education. Before it was a week old, over one million users downloaded it, and then, over the next two months, 100 million people signed on to use it. The website reportedly sees 1.5 billion […]
We have long heard the statement that 3 out of every 5 new teachers will leave the profession in the first five years. However, it seems that the survey on which those numbers were based has aged out. A more recent study has shown that a 17% attrition rate is a more accurate figure for […]
With the national attention directed at cybersecurity and interoperability in building safe and resilient data ecosystems in K-12, it is important to take a moment to underscore that these efforts are well thought out and stem from fundamental digital fluency and citizenship learning standards, and many lessons learned over the pandemic years. Just another example […]
I have been supporting the use of Andragogy for delivering PD to educators for over a decade now. It is ironic that when I explain what it is to teachers they get it and agree that it makes sense. The problem is that all educators are programmed in the teaching of kids. Pedagogy is child […]
Just like many people out there, I have been experimenting with ChatGPT. In a recent chat with my Chat AI app, I asked for an overall analysis of a subject that I have been blogging on for more than a decade now, professional development in education. My blog is My Island View. Of course, I […]
My path to discovering the power of technology for mind mapping and empowering young writers. Over the dozen or so years that I have been blogging about education, I have rarely taken on the task of endorsing any specific education product. I was always struggling with ethical concerns about throwing my reputation out there for […]
Do educators ever self-reflect on how they feel about their students in order to better understand how they assess each of their students? What are the considerations educators take into account while making such judgments? Is each student measured and weighed the same as every other student? If grading a piece of work requires a […]