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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sharing Sources
Online Learning Consortium National Association of Independent Schools California Consortium for Independent Study Edutopia...
Marianne Lyles-French
Oct 15, 20191 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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