Leading From The HeartSo today is my day to pull everything together in preparation for a workshop I am facilitating at QPAT’s teacher convention on Friday, November 23. My session is called: OurPads: Using iPads to increase student engagement and enhance learning in the FG classroom. **Adult education in Quebec is rife with accronyms. QPAT = Quebec Provincial … Prepping & Reflecting
In everything. We can’t go around trying to do new things without someone to guide us. And we can’t go around asking people to try to do new things without ensuring the guidance is there for them: guidance that is offered in a way that respects us as learners, as people. challenge me to stand … Respectful guidance
(disponible en français à francais.tracyrosen.com) Whatever the level of instruction, the issues related to professional development remain pretty consistent. PD has to do with bettering ourselves as teachers and, since our clientele and curricula are constantly changing, this practice of self-improvement must be an ongoing endeavor as well. Here are some topics of professional development … Professional Development at any level
Last night, at 10:39, I found out about the midnight deadline for applying to the Google Teacher Academy taking place in New York this October. How was it that I only clued into the application process in the, practically literally, 11th hour? That may have a little something to do with this kind of thing: … On Motivation. On Learning. In Ourselves.
I had a very interesting conversation with a colleague the other day. She is a teacher in adult education with upwards of 35 years in the classroom and she said to me that the model we recently used in her class and others, with me going directly into the classroom and working with students, makes … Interesting conversation about teaching and technology