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 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...
by Heather MacCorkle | Aug 31, 2020 | Education, Essays, Teaching
Day One: Nerves Drive Me to Reminisce Today is the first day of in-service. I think I am prepared, but I am also very nervous. As always, when I am anxious, I write. Here we are. This post may not make it to the blog, and that’s all right. It is an...
by Heather MacCorkle | Aug 29, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching, Virtual Learning
Some Advice to Help Calm Your Nervous Mind Photo by Deleece Cook on Unsplash I was recently honored by a request to do an interview as a teacher representative of my district regarding school reopening. It was a surprise for many reasons: receiving the...
