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DLL: Growing a Leader
As I listened to Roselinde Torres’ Ted Talk “What it Takes to Be a Great Leader”, I reflected on the steps I’ve taken over the past...

Marianne Lyles-French
Mar 20, 20203 min read


Reforming the Copyright Office and Giving Credit
Part 1: The Hudson Institute makes a compelling argument in their white paper, “A 21st-Century Copyright Office: The Conservative Case...

Marianne Lyles-French
Mar 10, 20204 min read


Teaching Technology and Tats
Most of my students have their own smartphones and all of them have Chromebooks. While at school, all students have access to technology...

Marianne Lyles-French
Mar 10, 20202 min read


Digital Learning and Leadership COVA Reflection
In the Fall of 2019 I embarked on a new adventure, earning a Master of Education Degree from Lamar University in Digital Learning and...

Marianne Lyles-French
Feb 27, 20204 min read


Breaking it Down
Mayer’s multimedia design principles, which are discussed by Bates in chapter 8 of his book, while helpful are not new. It reminds me...

Marianne Lyles-French
Feb 12, 20201 min read


On-Going Support
Just as our students need on-going support and coaching, so do our teachers who are in the process of growing their skills. As Bate’s...

Marianne Lyles-French
Feb 9, 20201 min read


Synchronous Sessions So Be It
The course I’m designing will be asynchronous. I do appreciate the synchronous session we have in our Lamar courses and if my course...

Marianne Lyles-French
Feb 3, 20201 min read


Anyone...Anyone...Anyone...Anyone...
Lecturing in the digital age has a time and a place; today, that place isn’t in front of classrooms. If our goals as educators are to...

Marianne Lyles-French
Jan 27, 20202 min read


Learners Come First
Since we don't have much time before getting started, I've thought a lot today about the specific focus of my LMS course as I'm sure most...

Marianne Lyles-French
Jan 24, 20202 min read


Essential Life Skills for Success
In the videos posted below , Tony Wagner and Ellen Galinsky point out the need for people to be able to think critically, to be...

Marianne Lyles-French
Nov 27, 20191 min read


So Many Choices
After reading chapters 4-6 in Mertler's Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators, I'm a tad overwhelmed; there are...

Marianne Lyles-French
Nov 21, 20192 min read


Action Research Looks Familiar
I taught English at the high school level for ten years and I have to say that a lot of what I've read in chapters 1-3 looks very close...

Marianne Lyles-French
Nov 19, 20191 min read


What About That Music?
Through all of the recent readings and recordings that I've watched concerning connecting to and engaging my audience, a few things...

Marianne Lyles-French
Oct 29, 20191 min read


Audacity App Review
It gets really boring as a teacher always grading written responses, whether they be in print or in a digital format. Video and audio...

Marianne Lyles-French
Oct 20, 20192 min read


Sharing Sources
Online Learning Consortium National Association of Independent Schools California Consortium for Independent Study Edutopia...

Marianne Lyles-French
Oct 15, 20191 min read


Sources for Research
My disruptive innovation plan is a school-wide EPortfolio initiative. In my research, I was loo king for examples where ICT was...

Marianne Lyles-French
Oct 15, 20193 min read


European Lessons
I have to admit that what I read in the "Mobile Learning in Europe" took me by surprise; for some reason I thought that Europe would be...

Marianne Lyles-French
Oct 12, 20192 min read


Emerging Tech and Education
This week's second question, the one inquiring as to where we look to find emerging trends and issues in the field, led me to a powerful...

Marianne Lyles-French
Oct 11, 20192 min read


Learning From Others
First, I'd like to say I quickly realized that I'm very familiar with the Plus Delta chart; it's a T chart with one side being "positive...

Marianne Lyles-French
Oct 8, 20192 min read


That Filing Cabinet Though
There was a time when I envied those teachers who had everything done; they could walk up to their filing cabinet and pull out their...

Marianne Lyles-French
Sep 9, 20192 min read
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