by Heather MacCorkle | Aug 31, 2016 | Education, Learning
I practice martial arts – not well, mind you, but with enthusiasm. I am also a teacher who devours books for breakfast. Because of my work with a software company, I am also interested in the software development process. Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half...
by Heather MacCorkle | Apr 25, 2016 | Education
[print-me target=”body”] In industry, when something goes wrong, Quality Management personnel do a root cause analysis. What if we were to start making products with a root because analysis? I’m not referring to only industry when I ask this...
by Heather MacCorkle | Dec 30, 2015 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching, Writing
Freshman year of high school was terrifying. People seem incredulous when I tell them that, of all the years of schooling I have had, that year was the hardest. After all, it was high school. What could be so tough about that? As my Grandmom used to say with a huge...
by Heather MacCorkle | Dec 17, 2015 | Education, Learning, Teaching
In the post “Spending Professional Development Time and Money Wisely,” teachers and professional development (PD) providers were urged to personalize learning and make it relevant to the teacher’s current learning environment. One suggestion...
by Heather MacCorkle | Dec 16, 2015 | Education, Teaching
I really like this quote from Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor. It is a tribute to English teachers everywhere.
