Ways To Help Students Develop Digital Portfolios

This post was originally published on Education Week for Larry Ferlazzo's EdWeek Teacher blog: Digital portfolios can be a very useful tool to enhance students' social and cultural learning in an English Language classroom. Teachers can use digital portfolios as a platform for students to show their work. More importantly, students can use them as … Continue reading Ways To Help Students Develop Digital Portfolios

3 Ways to Lead your own Professional Development

Last year I joined twitter after following a conference hashtag. It was then that a whole world of professional learning opportunity opened up to me. I was listening to an interview that someone shared on my twitter feed, and that interview was about EdCamps and how they are such powerful forms of professional development, where … Continue reading 3 Ways to Lead your own Professional Development

A guest post by David Garcia: “I am Community”

Here is a guest blog post written by David Garcia. David is a Middle School English Language Learner Teacher in Wisconsin, Innovation Coach, Co teach with Math and Language Arts teachers in 7th/8th Grades.  I've learned a lot from David about perseverance, authenticity, and doing what's best for the kids. He is a great contributor … Continue reading A guest post by David Garcia: “I am Community”

Don’t let anyone tell you to change who you are

Marty Keltz and Jena Ball started a campaign for #NotPerfectHatClub. It celebrates that all kids are perfectly not perfect. Many educators became part of this campaign to celebrate students' and our own imperfections. I loved the idea and wanted to be a fan as well. I wanted to share a picture of my #NotPerfectHat. Then I … Continue reading Don’t let anyone tell you to change who you are