Encouraging Students' Passions and Imaginations
When I think about play combining passion, imagination, and constraint and how it works to help our learners learn and to create, I can...
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Marianne Lyles-French
May 13, 20191 min read
Drowning in Data
Kotter’s comments regarding communication and ways that work well to get information to others resonates with me. It’s true that if a...
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Marianne Lyles-French
May 7, 20191 min read
Reaching the Mind Through the Heart
It’s true that when we want to persuade people, the way to get them to listen to us is through the use of emotional appeals (pathos). By...
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Marianne Lyles-French
May 2, 20192 min read
Ready! Set! Go Active!
Joi Ito’s claim that “education is what people do to you and learning is what you do to yourself” strongly resonates with me. It makes...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Apr 25, 20191 min read
How Long Does Progressive Reform Need to Take?
It’s very interesting to see how these ideas have been around for decades and yet we still see some of the same problematic pedagogy of...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Apr 17, 20192 min read
What Do I Do Now?
Sir Ken Robinson’s argument strongly resonates with me. I have two daughters, ages 19 and 18, and they are just now trying to decide...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Apr 17, 20192 min read
Technology Offers the New
Since I’m in a high school district that implemented one-on-one devices for students years ago, I’ve seen many changes in both myself and...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Feb 14, 20191 min read
On Becoming a Digital Leader...
Being a digital leader requires one to be equipped with certain tools. Of course, s/he needs to be privy to the best and most useful...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Feb 12, 20192 min read
Researching and Nailing Down an ePortfolio Site
Having spent some time perusing others' ePortfolios from the given links, there are some features that I really appreciate. One being...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Feb 6, 20191 min read
Handling the Numbers
After reading the COVA ebook by Dwayne Harapnuik, Tilisa Thibodeaux & Cynthia Cummings, I'm left with one very big question. What does...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Feb 6, 20192 min read
Fundamentals of ePortfolios
I've done a lot of reading and listening recently as to what constitutes a solid and functional ePortfolio in today's world. Here are my...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Feb 5, 20191 min read
Controlling Your Digital Identity
In the article, "The Web We Need to Give Students", author Audrey Watters writes that "having one's own domain means that students have...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Jan 29, 20192 min read
Container Versus Tool
In, " Making Meaningful Connections in an Eportfolio", Dr. Harapnuik writes that “an Eportfolio is not just a digital file cabinet...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Jan 28, 20191 min read
Why, How, and What
I know that I want big changes to happen in my classroom for my students and myself. Turning my classroom into one in which COVA is the...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Jan 28, 20191 min read
That Reflection Though
In the DLL program, individuals should most definitely share and use each others' ePortfolios to learn from one another. Sharing our...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Jan 28, 20191 min read
Show Me COVA with 200
After finishing the first three chapters of the COVA ebook by Harapnuik, Thibodeaux, and Cummings, I'm a tad frustrated. I've already...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Dec 19, 20182 min read
Why I bother.
I put so much effort into planning lessons, learning about the "new" or renamed trends in education that rotate about in their...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Dec 12, 20183 min read
PLN's: The PD You Choose
When I reflect on my teaching over the past five years, I find that my teaching pedagogy has changed quite a bit and one of the important...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Dec 5, 20182 min read
I Do, We Do, You Do. Sound Fun?
The COVA learning approach, "choice, ownership, and voice through authentic learning opportunities" (Thibodeaux), is something I haven’t...
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Marianne Lyles-French
Nov 30, 20182 min read
Who Cares?
When it comes to learning and pursuing life’s goals, it’s the why that stands out as being the most important in comparison to the what...
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