One educator I find particularly inspiring in this space is Jennifer Hogan, who offers a voice of compassion and experience to motivate
teachers through blogging, reading and reflection.
Not exact matches
Most TLT readers are probably familiar with Mrs. Q, the anonymous
teacher somewhere in the Midwest who,
through her Fed Up With Lunch project, committed to eating the same school food as her students for one full year, as well as photographing the meals and
blogging about them.
Photojournalist and Lifestyle Photographer, certified Reiki Master /
Teacher and Mom to four inspiring kids,
blogging about adventures, the love of just being, living eco-friendly and how life looks
through the lens of a camera.
It's important for the
teacher to discuss the benefit of
blogging with her or his students, as this will inform how they learn
through it.
One way to begin teaching preservice
teachers how to blog and the benefits of
blogging could be
through teaching
blogging through mini-case studies, narrative descriptions of issues, problems, or concerns faced by
teachers (Sykes & Bird, 1992).
The Write for Your Life Project was designed to strengthen
teacher candidates» skills in both traditional and digital writing literacies
through the use of social networks,
blogging, texting, online modules and other social media.
In Igniting the Learning Engine: How school systems accelerate
teacher effectiveness and student growth
through Connected Professional Learning (which we
blogged about here: http://www.coreeducationllc.com/blog2/igniting-learning-engine/), authors profiled four school systems that, with an intensive focus on improving the quality of instruction
through professional learning, have seen above - average results with a relatively high - need student population.
A natural
teacher with a gift for cutting
through the bull and making complex ideas simple, Steve took to
blogging and social media by founding New Trader U in 2011.
For most
teachers, this job is coupled with another form of income (such as travel
blogging), or at least supplemented with free accommodation
through house sitting or some other sort of exchange.