Tomorrow there’ll be more of us…

What better day to talk about activism than today!? In the aftermath of the March for our Lives, we get the chance to talk about the role of politics in education. There are some teachers and students who take activism in education very seriously. Others start in education and end up in politics in some...

How’s the French going?

So, I know last time I talked about my ILP progress, there wasn't much to report. I basically hit a plateau in learning French with both my schedule and my motivation to keep going toward my goal. Well, how is it going now? I am super excited to announce that the plateau seems to be...

I am a citizen of the USA and the www.

What does it mean to be a citizen? We use the term all the time in politics and conversations but how does an emphasis on this term really mean? In different contexts, there are many different meanings that can be attributed to the role of citizenship. What about in the world of education and in...

What I found out about myself on Google

I remember in middle school (and maybe even high school) typing my name into the Google search bar just to see what would come up. Back then I mainly did it because I thought it was funny that the few pictures of me that would come up from Facebook were among some other pretty random...

Is the Internet ruining the English Language?

Meme Credit: FunnyJunk Ok. If you are anything like me, the poor use of grammar in that meme, regardless of the message, still causes you to cringe. But there have been plenty of times that I have made the same grammar mistakes (and maybe you'll even find one in this blog post.) The message presented...

What have we learned here?

Personally, I am a huge fan of reflection. I am like everyone else when it comes to not fulfilling New Year's resolutions, but I like the designated time to look back and evaluate life from a year long point of view. Not only at the beginning of the year but at various times, I find...

Why teaching in the Digital Age is actually a good thing, whether you like technology or not:

Sorry to break it to you.. But if you somehow haven't learned this life lesson yet: Change happens. My grandpa likes to jokingly say, "change is the only thing in life that is never-changing." But it's pretty true. Everything changes in life, and there's nothing that anyone can do to stop it. You have one...

DS106 – What in the world does that mean?

If you have never heard of DS106, you are in the same shoes that I was at the beginning of this week! DS stands for Digital Storytelling, and is a class that encourages students from around the world. DS106 started at the University of Mary Washington, but today is around the world and is freely...

Week 4-5: Learner’s Block

We have hit a tough point in the semester. A time where we are all pleading with the calendar to "please let it be spring break already." Not only is the motivation going downhill, but now we have more on our plates due to Midterm exams, projects, and finishing up the rest of our To-Do...

Teaching individual persons – not a classroom

The Personalized Teaching approach has been a popular one in our studies this week, as many future teachers seem to like the idea of teaching students to succeed as individuals rather than generally teaching so that a majority of the students will learn from the teaching format. In today's society, we are finally being taught...