Browsing Archive: September, 2011

Sharing, What’s More Important Than Technology

Posted by Gail Lovely on Wednesday, September 28, 2011, In : pondering 

Sharing, What’s More Important Than Technology

It seems as if in some schools there has long been a culture where "sharing successes" is frowned upon. Where young energetic teachers (like I once was) are told "You'll slow down" or with a sly smile "You will learn that no one cares if you work that hard..." I remember distinctly sharing a successful lesson in my elementary classroom with a couple of teachers in my school during the lull prior to a faculty meeting... I wanted someone to hear ...
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Twitter in Kindergarten

Posted by Gail Lovely on Saturday, September 17, 2011, In : early learning 
Twitter in Kindergarten

Before I even was out of bed this morning I was already learning... a link in my Twitterfeed from @lhilt  (http://goo.gl/4jiQe ) was an exciting discovery.

Using Twitter to connect students learning a language in kindergarten is an intriguing idea. In this example the teachers were helping their students share their ideas, experiences and thoughts with other classrooms of eager students around the world. What was particularly interesting to me about this was the depth of...

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More Questions Than Answers

Posted by Gail Lovely on Saturday, September 17, 2011, In : pondering 


So, Why me, Why now?

I believe we all need to push ourselves into areas of growth and maybe even discomfort.
I believe we need to learn new things everyday.
I believe my life's work is to learn and help others learn.
I believe that risk taking and "failure" are important parts of learning.

So, time to walk the walk, talk the talk, push myself and do it all publicly...

My first public blog.

Why now?

At the recent Learning2.011 conference in Shanghai I learned so much from so many. The bloggers there ...

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