This year many of us will try to accomplish goals with our students and in our personal lives. I think as we approach this process it is important to consider our reflective rituals, how we receive inspiration, and identify what works for us in achieving our goals and what prevents us from achieving our goals. [...]
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Reflection, Motivation, and Inspiration
Goal 5: Reflect, Step Back, Act #30Goals
Goal 5 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2011 Goal Short-term- Reflect on your best and worst lesson this week or last semester then share this reflection. Want to go the extra mile? Read comments on the blog and respond to some of the questions and struggles of others in our community! Long-term- Try recording a [...]
Learning to be a Better Educator
Part of the series: Teacher Development Reflections I should be putting the finishing touches on my lesson that I’m teaching tomorrow but I wanted to pause and reflect on my new August teaching post in Athens, Greece. I believe teachers are better educators when they reflect on their learning and for this month I’m learning [...]
Do We Learn More through Microblogging? by Tony Ratcliffe
Part of the series: Global Issues in Education Microblogging which engages readers can be a powerful source of informal learning. While there are other microblogs, the one at the top of my mind is Twitter. If tweets (Twitter messages) and re-tweets (RTs) are missed or just glanced at in the Twitter stream of messages, there [...]
Goal: Reflection vs. Reaction
Part of the Goals 2010 Challenge Series, Goal 27 Reflection… looking deeply at ourselves meditating on mistakes contemplating lessons we were taught deciding our next steps Versus Reaction… acting on emotion regretting our decisions making mistakes paying the consequences When I first started on social media I made the mistake of reacting to what I [...]



