by Heather MacCorkle | Oct 17, 2020 | Essays, Teaching, Writing
From nanowrimo.org and created by Tyrell Waiters I participated in this awesome contest for many years before taking a break, but I believe this year, with all the confusion and disorientation many of us are experiencing, it is critical we do what we love. For more...
by Heather MacCorkle | Oct 11, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching
“We really have a great product,” I have heard superintendents say. “We have several offerings for the students,” others have said. What is this? A car lot? A factory? For all the talk about differentiation, personalized learning, SAMR (a model for integrating tech...
by Heather MacCorkle | Oct 3, 2020 | Education, Essays, Teaching
If asked to be, the answer is ”Yes.” If not asked, that is still the answer. Isn’t it weird how Shakespeare still entwines himself into our collective consciousness through lines such as those from Hamlet? After being dead for centuries, William Shakespeare...
by Heather MacCorkle | Sep 27, 2020 | Education, Learning, Teaching
They promised we would “get used to it,” but we haven’t yet, and it’s so exhausting. Photo by Julia M Cameron on Pexels.com “Resistance is futile,” Picard warned us about the Borg, and right now I feel like I’m starting to become part of the...
by Heather MacCorkle | Sep 20, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching
It’s not pretty. Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash The key to having your voice “heard” is to use it often, but this week’s post topic eludes me. Perhaps it’s fatigue. Maybe it’s this feeling that I’ve already said too much. Still, I yearn to be part of the...
