Normal

Can we just pump the brakes for a minute? I don’t want to go back to “normal.” Normal was a carefully-constructed illusion that things were OK. We went to school every day thinking that all our systems were working just fine, all our kids were getting what they needed, and that the kids who weren’t performing were just not trying hard enough or didn’t have the skills needed to do well in school.

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Names

I still remember the first time I heard a racist joke and understood that it was a racist joke. I was visiting a cousin who was a teacher. He was talking about some of his students to other family members and laughing about their names. He would list each name using an exaggerated voice sort […]

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Accessibility

Digital learning spaces are not new to my students. I use them all the time to create a workflow with my students, encourage collaboration, store carefully-curated resources to help students get the most out of the lesson, and to create more equitable learning for a very diverse population of students who have so many different […]

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And So it Begins…

Today begins my first day teaching fully online. I sent out a message via Remind.com to the parents I already have contacts for that there will be lessons online, and I’m already starting to see messages trickle in. It’s good to hear from my students and know that they are out there and doing OK. This has […]

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It’s Crunch Time

Note:  This post was originally published on April 8, 2020, but has been re-posted because of a design issue in WordPress.     So, here we are. We are just a few months into 2020 and a global pandemic (COVID-19) has hit. Schools are closing everywhere, and entire regions of the world are shutting down to […]

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My COVA + CSLE Design Work

The Digital Learning & Leading Program at Lamar has ignited my passion for creative design in a way I never thought I would find this level of excitement — creating digital learning environments.  This program has taught me to look back in history at learning philosophies that have worked throughout time, study those philosophies, and […]

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