by Heather MacCorkle | Jun 30, 2014 | Blogging, Education, Learning, Teaching
Meet Walt. Walt is going into his sophomore year of high school. He is facing all the things a typical teen faces: teenage ennui, peer-pressure, awkwardness, hormonal imbalance, and pressure at school to succeed. One thing that he is not dealing with is the...
by Heather MacCorkle | May 17, 2013 | Blogging, Education, Teaching
This blog post is an example of a lesson assignment I would give if I flipped my classroom while we studied The Great Gatsby. After studying the lost generation and other cultural issues related to the novel, we would need to start reading. I believe reading aloud in...
by Heather MacCorkle | May 8, 2013 | Blogging, Education, Learning, Teaching, Writing
They say that Abraham Lincoln had quite a temper. He would dash off letters in his anger and, by the time he had finished, his anger spent, he would think twice about dispatching it and place it on the mantle instead. He would wait until the morning, reevaluate his...
by Heather MacCorkle | May 3, 2013 | Blogging, Education, Learning, Teaching
This week, I have chosen to blog about the following topic. Anatomy of a Question Make a public blog post sharing some well-written question that challenge higher order thinking. Explain to your potential audience what makes this a question worth asking students....
by Heather MacCorkle | Apr 18, 2013 | Blogging, Education, Teaching
Our assignment this week is to create a post that reflects upon one of four projects. I decided to write the “Pie in the Sky” post, describing an ideal blended learning environment in the year 2013. The questions we are to answer are: What sort of...
by Heather MacCorkle | Mar 22, 2013 | Blogging
See on Scoop.it – 21st Century Education and TeachingHeather MacCorkle Edick’s insight:It’s very interesting to find yourself reblogged… I just stumbled across this this morning.See on greg.geek-cast.us
